Wise-Owl learner strategies: suggestions

Whether you're giving a presentation, leading a study session, or actually teaching, you need to know the material well enough not just to understand it but to help others understand it. Teaching requires a deeper level of mastery than learning for yourself—you need to anticipate questions, explain clearly, and be prepared for different ways people might struggle. The strategies below will help you organise your knowledge for teaching, identify potential areas of confusion before they come up, and practice explaining in ways that make sense to others, ultimately deepening your own understanding in the process.

Each strategy starts with a flow diagram showing the order in which modes and functions are used, followed by an explanation of how this strategy would work for your issue and then examples of prompts or question you can type or paste into the chat window.

Have a look at these four and choose one…

You know you learn best through discussion, explanation, and collaboration, but right now you're studying solo—and it's just not clicking the same way. The absence of other people to bounce ideas off, to challenge your thinking, or to explain concepts to makes learning feel flat and harder. The strategies below will help you recreate some of the benefits of collaborative learning even when studying alone, simulate discussions and multiple perspectives, and find ways to engage with the material socially even without physical study partners.

Each strategy starts with a flow diagram showing the order in which modes and functions are used, followed by an explanation of how this strategy would work for your issue and then examples of prompts or question you can type or paste into the chat window.

Have a look at these four and choose one that suits your situation best. Remember, Wise-Owl is here to help…