In a study of adult technical trainees, it was found that four reported lea
rning strategies were significantly associated with learning gain: Rehearsa
l, Interpersonal Help-seeking, Emotion Control and Motivation Control. Howe
ver, all those associations were negative. A prior measure of learning anxi
ety (but not learning ability or learning motivation) was shown to account
for that pattern, and several learning strategies and learning anxiety were
found to interact in predicting knowledge change: associations between a s
trategy and learning were more positive for less anxious individuals. Resea
rch into learning strategies needs to examine additional variables (such as
anxiety), and to look beyond the school and college settings typically inv
estigated.