Influences on Learning and Achievement
"Self-regulated learning strategies refer to actions and processes directed at acquisition of information or skills that involve agency, purpose, and instrumentality perception by learners"
-Barry J. Zimmerman
"the ultimate goal of the education system is shift to the individual the burden of pursuing his own education" - Gardenr (1963)
Self-regulated learning emphasizes
How students select, organize, and create advantageous learning environments for themselves
How they plan and control the form and amount of their own instructions
When students lack the initiative to learn, they lack personal initiative “I just do what my teacher tells me”. This leads to a lack of self-regulatory initiative
Younger children need more help since they are still learning to monitor themselves and the systematic use of,
Metacognition
Motivation
Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
Behavioral
Feedback on the effectiveness of learning
Self-perceptions of academic accomplishments
Strategies
Self-instruction
Verbal elaboration
Text comprehension monitoring
Goal setting
Self-recording
Because self-regulation theory puts the person in charge of their own learning, feedback is necessary from a support system.