Learning strategy use
We adopted two established approaches for measuring students’ learning strategy use: (1) through their note-taking, and (2) through their engagement with features of the module [First, we mailed students a 12-page notebook. Students mailed their notebook back immediately after completing the module, using a pre-paid envelope. We split the notebook into two sections and instructed students to: (1) use the initial eight blank pages to Second, we programmed the module to automatically count how many times students interacted with three features: embedded interactive sections (i.e., the number of times students clicked to access the interactive features), embedded questions (i.e., the number of times students clicked to reveal the answers to questions), and embedded links (i.e., the number of times students clicked on hyperlinks). We propose that students may engage with these features to help them organize and elaborate on the material by: (1) actively manipulating it (for the interactive sections), (2) comparing answers with their own guesses (for the questions), and (3) seeking supplementary information (for the links) [