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Elise M. Walck-Shannon; Shaina F. Rowell; April E. Bednarski; Ashton M. Barber; Grace J. Yuan; Regina F. Frey – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
Students struggle to regulate their learning during independent study sessions. In this study, we ask whether an online behavioral intervention helped introductory students decrease distraction while studying. The intervention consisted of exam 1 reflection, exam 2 planning, and exam 2 reflection exercises. During planning, students formed a goal,…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Biology, Science Instruction, Attention
He, Jingwen; Liu, Yue; Ran, Tong; Zhang, Danhui – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2023
Feedback plays an important role in self-regulated learning. However, little is known about how students' feedback perception affects their self-regulation process in learning. This study adopted the social cognitive perspective to investigate how students' feedback perception is related to their self-regulated learning, along with the mediating…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Feedback (Response), Independent Study, Self Efficacy
Olga Steinberg; Stefan Kulakow; Diana Raufelder – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2024
Stage-Environment Fit Theory underlines the role of learning environments and their match with students' needs as crucial for students' motivation and learning. This study explores the mediation role of goal orientations in the interplay of academic self-concept and achievement in mathematics and verbal domains in student-directed and…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Self Concept
Isik, Burcu; Atasoy, Basri – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2023
This study tackles self-regulated learning from the motivation component, considering that not only the 'skills' but also the 'will' dimensions are essential for the development of self-regulated learning. The aim of the study is to promote pre-service chemistry teachers' motivation and to enhance their knowledge of motivational regulation…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Student Motivation
Maguatcher, Jeremie; Hulda, Grace; Ning, Ru – Online Submission, 2022
Since the end of the 20th century, autonomous learning has become a popular research topic in education and has received much attention from researchers. The acquisition of Chinese as a second language requires learners to practice autonomous learning and develop their language learning ability. The present study used the theory of autonomous…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Foreign Countries, Chinese, Second Language Learning
Bing Liu; Jing Liu; Qianrong Yang – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2024
This study explores online self-regulated learning skills among high school students in three schools in China's EAST City Y using questionnaires. Results reveal the online self-regulated learning skills of high school students are positioned at an intermediate level, showcasing noteworthy disparities across distinct cohorts of high school…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Student Attitudes, Metacognition, Independent Study
Ozer, Omer; Yukselir, Ceyhun – Language Awareness, 2023
This study explores the relationships between learner autonomy (LA), self-directed learning (SDL), goal commitment (GC) and academic achievement in English and also examines the scores which Turkish EFL learners obtained on selected measures according to demographic variables. The participants were 248 English-major Turkish undergraduate students.…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Personal Autonomy, Independent Study, Student Attitudes
Porter, Tracy H.; Rathert, Cheryl; Lawong, Diane A. – International Journal of Self-Directed Learning, 2020
Doctoral program noncompletion rates have been an area of concern within higher education for many years with overall completion rates of less than 50%. Some scholars have speculated it might be time to reevaluate the content, structure, and process used in doctoral programs in order to examine what adjustments might be made for improvement.…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Doctoral Students, Student Attitudes, School Holding Power
Chu, Shih-Ting; Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Chien, Shu-Yun; Chang, Shao-Chen – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2023
In recent years, several studies have reported the potential of employing digital games in EFL (English as Foreign Language) courses to promote students' learning motivation. However, scholars have pointed out that students generally lack self-learning ability, which is the key to the success of learning a foreign language. Therefore, it is…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Games
Schweder, Sabine – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2020
It is generally accepted and well documented that mastery goal orientation positively affects students' learning behavior. However, less is known about this association in self-directed learning during adolescence, which additionally promotes student's positive emotions. This study tested whether positive emotions mediate the association between…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Goal Orientation, Psychological Patterns, Student Attitudes
Pylväs, Laura; Nokelainen, Petri; Rintala, Heta – Vocations and Learning, 2022
This study's aim is to examine vocational students' perceptions of self-regulated learning in work-based settings regarding Finnish vocational education and training (VET). We examined the participants' self-reported thoughts and experiences of VET learning and vocational development that were reflected against SRL theory. The interview data (N =…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Student Attitudes, Independent Study, Work Experience Programs
Budi Waluyo; Kritsadee Songkhai; Jiali Li – TESL-EJ, 2024
Despite the increased adoption of online learning in higher education, there was limited knowledge about how the combination of online English synchronous learning with gamified applications and active learning impacted student self-regulation. This study used a sequential explanatory research design to investigate this integration in an English…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Active Learning
Choi, Beomkyu – Journal of Educational Technology, 2022
Online learning has been growing steadily as an essential instructional mode in most higher education settings. In response to its popularity, many studies have been conducted to provide a better understanding of how learning occurs in this environment. Various frameworks and theories have been adopted to examine learning in this environment.…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Asynchronous Communication, Communities of Practice, Metacognition
Šindelárová Skupenová, Martina – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2023
When asked about the impact of language advising sessions that our students attend, they report various positive effects. These sessions are a crucial part of the English Autonomously course at Masaryk University. As they were introduced to support students in their self-regulated learning, they should primarily foster course attendees' abilities…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Case Studies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Bui, T. T. Hang; Kaur, Amrita; Trang Vu, Minh – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2022
The goal of this study is to explore the impact of a technology-integrated project-based learning intervention (ReaLabs) on students' learning attitudes, behaviours and self-regulated learning (SRL). A group of 49 mechanical engineering students was taught using this intervention and a group of 50 students in the same specialty was taught using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Engineering Education, Technology Integration