A study on classroom based training of self-regulated learning was conducted with fourth grade pupils attending German public schools. The participating classes were assigned randomly to either a training group or a control group. The pupils in the training group received 5 weeks of training, as depicted by Zimmerman, Bonner, & Kovach…

Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is a contemporary teaching approach that has become increasingly applied way of academic education since its beginnings in the 1960s. Its popularity has grown since it was introduced into medical education and spread to various fields in the last decades. This small group learning approach using major principles of…

Examines the reading achievement, metacognitive knowledge related to reading and memory, reading self-concept, and interest in reading of 140 third- and fourth-grade students in Germany. Reveals differences between the third- and fourth-grade students related to teacher evaluation of their achievement, word decoding skills, and metacognitive…