Cross-Validating the Academic Self-Regulation Scale

• In Event: Self-Regulated Learning Assessment and Metacognition

Abstract

Academic self-regulation is highly prized by most educators for epitomizing the ideal of independent, self-motivated learning. This study is a cross cultural comparison of this ideal of self sufficient learning between university students in Egypt and the US. Students in both countries were administered the Academic Self-Regulation Scale (ASRS) in their native languages. Both administrations indicated that the ASRS was a reliable and valid measure. It appears that significant differences exist between the two nationalities in terms of students’ perceived control, their goal setting, their monitoring, and the ways that they approached their learning environments. The results are discussed in relation to implications for fostering deeper understanding of academic self-regulation.

Authors

• Parastou Mokri, Rowan University

• Parhum Delogoshaei, The Pennsylvania State University

• Thomas M. Sherman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

• Wessam Mohamed, Fayoum University

• Sally Atta, Fayoum University