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SLANT
A RESEARCH-BASED LEARNING STRATEGY
(Ellis, 1991)Center for Research on Learning
University of Kansas1
WHAT IS A STRATEGY?
A STRATEGY a person's approach to learning and using information.
–It is an approach for students on how to think about and solve problems, or…… “how to learn”
–Learning strategies are used by students to help them understand information.
What is the SLANT Strategy? • Helps you to participate in class in appropriate
and productive ways
• Steps cue you to combine nonverbal (bodily), thinking skills, and verbal behaviors to activate your participation in class effectively
• Students who “master” SLANT understand why it is important to actively participate during class and how to do so.
What will this help me to do in the classroom?
• Understand what information is important to learn, and why learning it is important
• How to study effectively for a test• Helps you to create new ways to organize and categorize
information over time• Helps build comprehension skills, connections, and questioning
skills• Helps learning becoming more personal, fun, and interesting • Improves the quality of your participation and memory of material
What else might this strategy help you with?
S is for SIT UPExample:
Upright posture but relaxed
Non Examples:
Head on desk
Slouching in chair
L is for LEAN FORWARD
Example:
Leaning forward slightly
Non Examples:
Leaning backward
Exaggerated forward lean
A is for ACTIVATE YOUR THINKING
Examples: – Asking yourself questions– Answering your questions– Asking the teacher a question
you don’t understand– Make connections to self, text, world
Non Examples:
Talking to others during class
Playing with objects
Doodling
Doing nothing when you don’t understand
N is for NAME KEY INFORMATION
Examples:
Answering the teacher’s questions
Sharing your ideas or comments
Adding to others’ statements
Non Examples:
Keeping knowledge to yourself when you could help others
Ridiculing other students’ comments
T is for TRACK THE TALKER
Examples:
Keeping eyes on teacher when she/he speaks
Looking at students when they speak
Non Examples:
Staring out the window
Looking at your desk or students who are not contributing
Positive Participation Makes a Positive
Difference!!