Library and Academic Services: Academic Study Skills: Self-regulated Learning

Introduction

When you think of academic success, what comes to mind? Is your definition based on grades, effort, understanding of course content, interest in course material, avoiding procrastination, being an engaged learning in class? This LibGuide will explore topics such as these under the umbrella of Self-Regulated Learning.

Current research shows how self-regulated learning and motivation are determinants of academic success. Self-regulated learning includes:

focusing on and learning course material
reflecting on one's thinking
short, long-term and distant goals
assignment completion plans
monitoring progress in order to shift when needed
applying various approaches to different tasks and assignments
being intrinsically motivated and asking for help when needed

As a student, it is important to think about what achievement means to you, ways you can reach your achievement goals and also what research on self-regulated learning has to say about how we can be successful post-secondary learners.

Remember you can also connect with an Academic Coach for one-on-one assistance.

Featured Web Videos

Self-regulation Skills Student Interview | Kirkwood Community College

Carolyn Stephenson, Psychology Professor at the Kirkwood Community College interviews a former student about their experience using self regulated skills in college. The video defines what self regulating skills are and what they include to be more successful in their learning. The video is based on a student’s perspective. Applied strategies learnt. Gives examples of analyzing task. Advantages of using strategies as a college student.

How Children and Adults Can Build Core Capabilities for Life | Centre on the Developing Child at Harvard University

Every day we take on the ordinary, sometimes challenging, tasks of work, school, parenting, relationships, and just managing our busy lives. How do we navigate these tasks successfully? And what can send us off course? Science offers an explanation. This 5-minute video explores the development and use of core capabilities — known as executive function and self-regulation skills — from early childhood into adolescence and adulthood.

Developing a Mindset for Successful Learning | Samford University

Stephen Chew teaches how to develop effective study strategies. The information is organized into 10 Principles of Effective Studying that students should understand if they wish to maximize learning from their study time. Valuable for both students and teachers.

Featured Podcasts

Beyond the To-Do-List
A series of podcasts hosted by Erik Fisher that talks with real people who implement practical productivity strategies in their professional and personal lives. He explores all aspects of productivity, including getting the right work done, getting good work done, and the true end goal of productivity: living a meaningful life. Learn how to choose the right projects, tasks, and goals in work and life. You'll be refreshed and inspired after hearing how others fail and succeed at daily productivity and be inspired and instructed on how to move forward yourself.
Goldiggerz Official Podcast
A podcast created by 17 senior Psychology majors at the University of Georgia with their professor, Dr. Michelle vanDellen, will dig into the psychology of goals and self-regulation. Follow them on this journey as they blast expectations, sift through ideas, and uncover nuggets of knowledge.

Featured Books

Creating Self-Regulated Learners: Strategies to Strengthen Students' Self-Awareness and Learning Skills by Barry J. Zimmerman (Foreword by); Linda B. Nilson
Location: ebook
Publication Date: 2018
Most of our students neither know how learning works nor what they have to do to ensure it, to the detriment both of their studies and their development as lifelong learners. The point of departure for this book is the literature on self-regulated learning that tells us that deep, lasting, independent learning requires learners to bring into play a range of cognitive skills, affective attitudes, and even physical activities - about which most students are wholly unaware; and that self-regulation, which has little to do with measured intelligence, can be developed by just about anyone and is a fundamental prerequisite of academic success. ...
Improving Self-regulated Learning with Self-management Tool : An Empirical Study by Melissa Ng, Lee Yen Abdullah
Location: ebook
Publication Date: 2014
Self-regulated learning is recognized as one of the most essential skills that students should possess in this information age. Nevertheless, most students are accustomed to the conventional teacher-centered way of learning, thus, they are not competent at self-regulated learning. A Self-Management Tool was developed to guide and enhance students'usage of self-regulated learning strategies. The tool comprises three components; Information-Management Tool, Personal-Management Tool and a Teacher's Manual. A quasi-experimental study was conducted to test its effectiveness and the details of this empirical research were documented in this monograph. ...
Self-Determined Learning Theory: : Construction, Verification, And Evaluation by Deirdre K. Mithaug (Editor, Editor)
Location: ebook
Publication Date: 2007
This volume brings together four semi-autonomous bodies of research (choice, self-determination, self-regulation, and self-management) to form a new theory of self-engaged learning entitled, Self-Determined Learning Theory. This theory explains why and how students self-engage. It identifies the factors that give students the sense of control over their learning that is needed for sustained, adaptive, and ultimately successful learning. It begins by describing the characteristics of disengaged learners, then describes and illustrates self-determined learning theory within both normal and special populations....
Self-Regulated Learning by Héfer Bembenutty (Editor)
Location: Main Stacks NDC LB 1027 .N48 2011 no. 126
Self-regulation involves students' beliefs about their own potential for actions, thoughts, feelings and behaviors that will then allow them to work toward their own academic goals. Clearly, the need for self-regulation in higher education is crucial, This volume describes the theories, tools, and techniques that can be used to assist in the promotion of self-regulation in students including areas such as goal orientations, self-efficacy beliefs, social comparisons, self-monitoring, and self-evaluation. Edited by Héfer Bembenutty, assistant professor of educaitonal psychology at Queens College of the City University of New York, this is the 126th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Teaching and Learning, which offers a comprehensive range of ideas and techniques for improving college teaching based on the experience of seasoned instructors and the latest findings of educational and psychological researchers.

Featured Articles

Changes and Adaptations: How University Students Self-Regulate Their Online Learning During the COVID-19
During the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, universities had to shift from face-to-face to emergency remote education. Students were forced to study online, with limited access to facilities and less contact with peers and teachers, while at the same time being exposed to more autonomy. This study examined how students adapted to emergency remote learning, specifically focusing on students' resource-management ...
How to develop and practice self-regulation.
Self-regulation can be defined in various ways. In the most basic sense, it involves controlling one's behavior, emotions, and thoughts in the pursuit of long-term goals. More specifically, emotional self-regulation refers to the ability to manage disruptive emotions and impulses. Developing self-regulation skills will improve your resilience and ability to face difficult circumstances in life.
Implicit Theories of Self‐Regulated Learning: Interplay with Students’ Achievement Goals, Learning Strategies, And Metacognition
Background Implicit theories are important belief systems that influence an individual’s motivation and behaviour. In academic contexts, domain‐general implicit theories of ability (e.g., intelligence) and their relation to self‐regulated learning (SRL) have been examined. Aims In this study, we followed a domain‐specific approach and first introduced scales to assess students’ implicit theories of the malleability and of the relevance of SRL. ...
Procrastination Predicts Online Self-Regulated Learning and Online Learning Ineffectiveness During the Coronavirus Lockdown
During the lockdown due to SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus lockdown), there has been a tremendous increase in the number of students taking online courses. Few studies, however, have examined the individual dispositions that influence self-regulated online learning during the coronavirus lockdown. To address this gap, the present study explored the ineffectiveness of online learning and examined how it can be predicted by self-regulated online learning and participants' procrastination disposition....
Self-Regulated Learning in Higher Education: Identifying Key Component Processes
The concept of self-regulated learning is becoming increasingly relevant in the study of learning and academic achievement, especially in higher education, where quite distinctive demands are placed on students. Though several key theoretical perspectives have been advanced for self-regulated learning, there is consensus regarding the central role played by student perceptions of themselves as learners. There are two general aims of this positional article. The first is to emphasize self-regulated learning as a relevant and valuable concept in higher ...

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