Alignment of Course Goals and Type in Higher Education: Self-Regulation as an Antecedent (Poster 29)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Ten
  In Poster Session: Studying and Self-Regulated Learning SIG Poster Session

Abstract

The adoption of goal orientations (GOs) is a complex process within self-regulated learning (SRL) that shapes future regulatory outcomes such as learning strategy use and reaction to feedback. Scholars have traditionally explored how GO may predict SRL and other motivational beliefs. However, this study argues that students’ SRL also predicts GO in specific contexts. That is, self-regulation helps students adopt GOs that align with their motivational beliefs in a given environment. We tested the predictive nature of SRL and other motivational beliefs on the adoption of GO in two types of course environments in higher education. Implications of this study call for a greater emphasis on teaching self-regulatory strategies and the promotion of student agency through goal setting.

Authors

• Molly L. Taylor, Virginia Commonwealth University
  Presenting Author

• Alison C. Koenka, University of Oklahoma
  Non-Presenting Author