Learning strategies, learning anxiety and knowledge acquisition

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.