ABSTRACT
Strategies are a special form of procedural knowledge that are purposeful, intentional, and effortful, used to acquire new knowledge, transfer knowledge to other problems, or transform the current problem. The relation between skills and strategies can be quite complex, a topic that needs to be further explicated. Skills are a special form of procedural knowledge that are automatic, habitual, effortless, and used to make progress on a given problem or learning task— such as memorizing a list of spelling words or writing an email, but not used to apply new knowledge or transform the problem in any way. Both skills and strategies must be learned, are acquired and develop over time, and are necessary for successful problem solving and for further learning in an academic domain or making progress on solving a problem. The steps of Sample geometry problem could encompass skillful behavior, strategic behavior, or a combination of both.
