A Test of the Predictive Relations Among Self-Regulated Learning Constructs

• In Event: 29.083 - Poster Session 4
  In Poster Session: 29.083-4 - Poster Session 3: Cognitive Processes

Abstract

Data from undergraduate students (N=501) were collected to test three theoretically-grounded models proposed to represent relations among self-regulated learning (SRL) constructs. Metacognition, motivation, volition, and strategy elements of SRL were targeted. Across models, students’ reported strategy use represented the outcome variable. To measure the varied SRL constructs, tasks required students to generate effective and ineffective strategies in response to three typical motivational challenges and also complete established self-report measures. After tests of internal structure and construct delineation, a series of path analyses were tested. As hypothesized, findings support relations among SRL constructs, unique contributions to strategy use by individual SRL constructs, and significant variance accounted for by individual and combined predictors. Theoretical and practical implications for the findings are shared.

Authors

• Rayne A. Sperling, The Pennsylvania State University

• D. Jake Follmer, Salisbury University

• Huiqing (Helen) Hu, The Pennsylvania State University - University Park