scholarly journals How Should I Study for the Exam? Self-Regulated Learning Strategies and Achievement in Introductory Biology

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. ar30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda J. Sebesta ◽  
Elena Bray Speth
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Study Strategies ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Introductory Biology ◽  
Pedagogical Tools ◽  
Science Courses ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Regulated Learning ◽  
Introductory Biology Course ◽  
Cognitive And Metacognitive Strategies

In college introductory science courses, students are challenged with mastering large amounts of disciplinary content while developing as autonomous and effective learners. Self-regulated learning (SRL) is the process of setting learning goals, monitoring progress toward them, and applying appropriate study strategies. SRL characterizes successful, “expert” learners, and develops with time and practice. In a large, undergraduate introductory biology course, we investigated: 1) what SRL strategies students reported using the most when studying for exams, 2) which strategies were associated with higher achievement and with grade improvement on exams, and 3) what study approaches students proposed to use for future exams. Higher-achieving students, and students whose exam grades improved in the first half of the semester, reported using specific cognitive and metacognitive strategies significantly more frequently than their lower-achieving peers. Lower-achieving students more frequently reported that they did not implement their planned strategies or, if they did, still did not improve their outcomes. These results suggest that many students entering introductory biology have limited knowledge of SRL strategies and/or limited ability to implement them, which can impact their achievement. Course-specific interventions that promote SRL development should be considered as integral pedagogical tools, aimed at fostering development of students’ lifelong learning skills.

scholarly journals Correlation of Learning Motivation with Self Regulated Learning at SMA Negeri 1 Tasikmalaya City

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Romy Faisal Mustofa ◽  
Alyaa Nabiila ◽  
Suharsono Suharsono
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Bivariate Correlation ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Constructive Process ◽  
Regression Test ◽  
Regulated Learning ◽  
Biology Learning

Self regulated learning is a constructive process that is active in setting learning goals. This ability should be owned by every individual to become a successful learner. Another thing students must have in order to be successful in the process and learning outcomes is motivation. This research was conducted to investigate the correlation between motivational of biology learning with self regulated learning (SRL) in grade X MIPA 9 SMA Negeri 1 Kota Tasikmalaya. The research was carried out in April 2019. The research method used was correlation. The population of this research was all students of  X MIPA 9 as many as 30 people. Samples were taken using saturated sampling techniques so that the entire population was sampled. The research instrument used in this study was Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) consists of 2 parts namely motivational belief and self regulated learning strategies. The data analysis technique used was bivariate correlation regression test. Based on the results of the study can be concluded that there is a significant simultaneous correlation between motivational of biology learning and with self regulated learning (R= 0,761; R2 = 0,580). It means that the contribution from motivational of biology learning towards SRL is 58%.

scholarly journals Introductory Biology Students’ Use of Enhanced Answer Keys and Reflection Questions to Engage in Metacognition and Enhance Understanding

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. ar40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime L. Sabel ◽  
Joseph T. Dauer ◽  
Cory T. Forbes
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Introductory Biology ◽  
Biology Students ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Individual Concepts ◽  
Regulated Learning ◽  
Biological Concepts ◽  
Introductory Biology Course ◽  
Support Students

Providing feedback to students as they learn to integrate individual concepts into complex systems is an important way to help them to develop robust understanding, but it is challenging in large, undergraduate classes for instructors to provide feedback that is frequent and directed enough to help individual students. Various scaffolds can be used to help students engage in self-regulated learning and generate internal feedback to improve their learning. This study examined the use of enhanced answer keys with added reflection questions and instruction as scaffolds for engaging undergraduate students in self-regulated learning within an introductory biology course. Study findings show that both the enhanced answer keys and reflection questions helped students to engage in metacognition and develop greater understanding of biological concepts. Further, students who received additional instruction on the use of the scaffolds changed how they used them and, by the end of the semester, were using the scaffolds in significantly different ways and showed significantly higher learning gains than students who did not receive the instruction. These findings provide evidence for the benefit of designing scaffolds within biology courses that will support students in engaging in metacognition and enhancing their understanding of biological concepts.

scholarly journals EFL Teacher’s Perception On Using Self-Regulated Learning Strategies by Senior Grade Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhansaya Zhetkergenova
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Regulated Learning ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
Teacher's Perception

Shift to autonomous learning changed roles of class actors in EFL classes. Students have learning responsibilities on their own, whereas teachers’ role is considered to be as a consulter. Thus, students need to identify their own learning goals and regulate learning process themselves. All these and other strategies are included to the self-regulation strategies. Zimmerman (1990) found out 14 SRL strategies which influence on academic achievement. However, teachers also need to promote these strategies during and out of classes and encourage EFL learners to use them in different contexts. The qualitative research investigates to what extent EFL teachers of senior grade students encourage their learners to use SRL strategies. In results, the study presents teachers’ more preferable SRL strategies for senior students to achieve academic achievement.Keywords:  EFL teachers, self-regulated learning strategies, senior grade EFL students, classroom activities.

scholarly journals Students’ sense-making of personalised feedback based on learning analytics

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 15-33
Author(s):  
Lisa-Angelique Lim ◽  
Shane Dawson ◽  
Dragan Gašević ◽  
Srećko Joksimović ◽  
Anthea Fudge ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Analytics ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Sense Making ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Regulated Learning ◽  
Personalised Feedback

Although technological advances have brought about new opportunities for scaling feedback to students, there remain challenges in how such feedback is presented and interpreted. There is a need to better understand how students make sense of such feedback to adapt self-regulated learning processes. This study examined students’ sense-making of learning analytics–based personalised feedback across four courses. Results from a combination of thematic analysis and epistemic network analysis show an association between student perceptions of their personalised feedback and how these map to subsequent self-described self-regulated learning processes. Most notably, the results indicate that personalised feedback, elaborated by personal messages from course instructors, helps students refine or strengthen important forethought processes of goal-setting, as well as to reduce procrastination. The results highlight the need for instructors to increase the dialogic element in personalised feedback in order to reduce defensive reactions from students who hold to their own learning strategies. This approach may prompt reflection on the suitability of students’ current learning strategies and achievement of associated learning goals. Implications for practice or policy: Personalised feedback based on learning analytics should be informed by an understanding of students’ self-regulated learning. Instructors implementing personalised feedback should align this closely with the course curriculum. Instructors implementing personalised feedback in their courses should consider the relational element of feedback by using a positive tone. Personalised feedback can be further enhanced by increasing the dialogic element and by including more information about learning strategies.

scholarly journals Comparing crowdworkers’ and conventional knowledge workers’ self-regulated learning strategies in the workplace

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 83-97
Author(s):  
Anoush Margaryan
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Incidental Learning ◽  
Knowledge Workers ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Regulated Learning ◽  
Training Professional

This paper compares the strategies used by crowdworkers and conventional knowledge workers to self-regulate their learning in the workplace. Crowdworkers are a self-employed, radically distributed workforce operating outside conventional organisational settings; they have no access to the sorts of training, professional development and incidental learning opportunities that workers in conventional workplaces typically do. The paper explores what differences there are between crowdworkers and conventional knowledge workers in terms of self-regulated learning strategies they undertake. Data were drawn from four datasets using the same survey instrument. Respondents included crowdworkers from CrowdFlower and Upwork platforms and conventional knowledge workers in the finance, education and healthcare sectors. The results show that the majority of crowdworkers and conventional knowledge workers used a wide range of SRL strategies. Among 20 strategies explored, a statistically significant difference was uncovered in the use of only one strategy. Specifically, crowdworkers were significantly less likely than the conventional workers to articulate plans of how to achieve their learning goals. The results suggest that, despite working outside organisational structures, crowdworkers are similar to conventional workers in terms of how they self-regulate their workplace learning. The paper concludes by discussing the implications of these findings and proposing directions for future research. 

scholarly journals Estrategias de aprendizaje en estudiantes de odontología de una universidad pública en Cartagena, Colombia / Learning Strategies among Dental Students from a Public University in Cartagena, Colombia

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (76) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arlteh Sandry Hernández Álvarez ◽  
Fernán Torres Ortega ◽  
Luis Carlos Fang Mercado ◽  
Antonio José Díaz-Caballero
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Public University ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Use Of Self ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Regulated Learning ◽  
Environment Control

<p><strong>ABSTRACT. </strong><strong><em>Background:</em></strong><strong> </strong>Predoctoral<strong> </strong>education requires student dedication to meet academic demands and learning goals with quality. University professors often complain that students do not regulate their learning strategies and are unable to act autonomously in their professional training. <strong><em>Purpose:</em></strong> To analyze the use of self-regulated learning in dental students at a Colombian public university. <strong><em>Methods:</em> </strong>A descriptive study was carried out using Lindner et al.’s Self-Regulatory Learning Inventory, 4.01 version. The inventory includes four training areas (executive, cognitive, motivation, and environment control) among fourth semester dental students (sophomores) of University of Cartagena in Colombia. <strong><em>Results:</em> </strong>The average use of self-regulated learning by the dental students was low. Furthermore, the analysis shows that the score in the scale (60-119) leads to a deficient level of learning (p&lt;0,05). <strong><em>Conclusions:</em> </strong>Marked weaknesses in the group of students intervened were identified who, in some cases, did not meet adequate self-regulated learning levels for their current year of study.</p><p> </p>

Estratégias de aprendizagem autorregulada e formação inicial de professores de Geografia: uma revisão sistemática de literatura1 | Self-regulated learning strategies and initial education of Geography teachers: A systematic literature review

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Liz Cristiane Dias ◽  
Evely Boruchovitch
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Electronic Library ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Regulated Learning ◽  
America Latina

Este artigo objetiva averiguar, com base em uma revisão sistemática de literatura, o investimento em estratégias de ensino e aprendizagem autorregulada em cursos de Licenciatura em Geografia. Os dados foram coletados nas bases de dados Scientific Electronic Library Online, Red de Revistas Cientificas de America Latina y el Caribe, España y Portugal e na Plataforma Sucupira da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior em periódicos da Geografia com classificação Qualis A1, A2 e B1 dos últimos cinco anos. A busca pelos trabalhos teve como resultado o total de 154 artigos. Destes, apenas 25 tratavam especificamente da formação inicial de professores e, dentre estes, apenas 8 atendiam às demandas da pesquisa. Os resultados revelaram a necessidade de mais investimento em programas de intervenção em estratégias de aprendizagem e a necessidade de pesquisas futuras que disseminem na Geografia a temática da autorregulação.

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