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The Effects of Self Set or Externally Set Goals on Learning in an Uncertain Environment
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Osman, Magda – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
Monitoring refers to online awareness and self-evaluation of one's goal-directed actions, while Control refers to the generation and selection of goal-directed actions (Osman, 2010a). The present study examines the extent to which external estimations of performance influence monitoring and control behaviors. To achieve this, a complex dynamic…
Descriptors: Cues, Memory, Goal Orientation, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Comparing Active Delay and Procrastination from a Self-Regulated Learning Perspective
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Corkin, Danya M.; Yu, Shirley L.; Lindt, Suzanne F. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
Researchers have proposed that the act of postponing academic work may be divided into a traditional definition of procrastination, viewed as maladaptive, and adaptive forms of delay. Adaptive forms of delay may be more consistent with certain facets of self-regulated learning. The current study investigated this issue by examining whether the…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Metacognition, Academic Achievement, Personality Traits
Self-Regulated Learning and Self-Directed Study in a Pre-College Sample
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Abar, Beau; Loken, Eric – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
Self-regulated learning (SRL) is a multi-dimensional construct that has been difficult to operationalize using traditional, variable-centered methodologies. The current paper takes a person-centered approach to the study of SRL in a sample of 205 high-school students. Using latent profile analysis on self-reports of seven aspects of SRL, three…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Profiles, Metacognition, High School Students
Metacognitive Beliefs, Self-Confidence and Primary Learning Environment of Sixth Grade Students
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Kleitman, Sabina; Gibson, Jennifer – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
Metacognition is an integral component of a self-regulated approach to learning. The present study examined the relationships between academic self-efficacy and perceptions of one's own competence in memory and reasoning abilities, and their role in predicting the Self-confidence trait. The study also aimed to determine the role of key classroom…
Descriptors: College Students, Self Efficacy, Goal Orientation, Educational Practices
Motivational Components of Self-Regulated Learning and Reading Strategy Use in University Students: The Role of Goal Orientation Patterns
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Kolic-Vehovec, Svjetlana; Roncevic, Barbara; Bajsanski, Igor – Learning and Individual Differences, 2008
The aim of the present study was to identify dominant goal orientation patterns in university students, define their motivational profiles and their reading strategy use. The results of cluster analysis showed that four groups of students could be differentiated according to their goal orientation: mastery, mastery-performance,…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Goal Orientation, Student Motivation, Multivariate Analysis