Chapter 1
Academic Self-
Regulation
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Agenda
• Learning Objectives
• What Is Academic Self-Regulation?
• To What Degree am I Self-Regulated?
• Am I Ready to Change?
• Discussion
• Chapter 2 Preview
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Learning Objectives
• Understand the six components of academic self-
regulation.
• Evaluate the importance of academic self-
regulation in the college setting and its impact on
your success in college.
• Analyze your strengths and challenges as a self-
regulated learner.
• Determine the changes you will need to make to
become more self-regulated and where you are in
the change process.
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What Is Academic Self-
Regulation?
Academic Self-Regulation: The strategies
students use to control the factors influencing their
learning.
Self-regulated learners:
•use appropriate strategies to manage motivation,
behavior, and learning;
•control the factors influencing their learning;
•establish optimum conditions for learning;
•remove obstacles that interfere with their learning;
•find a way to learn.
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6 Components of Self-
Regulation
• Motivation (Why?)
• Methods of Learning (How?)
• Use of Time (When?)
• Physical Environment (Where?)
• Social Environment (With whom?)
• Monitoring Performance (What?)
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Motivation
• Without goals, one cannot be optimally
motivated.
• The most successful people know how to
motivate themselves when they do not
feel like performing a task.
• Examples of self-motivating techniques:
• goal setting
• positive self-talk.
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Methods of Learning
Learning strategies: the methods students
use to acquire information (basically, your
study-related toolkit).
•Many students believe they are not successful
due to a lack of ability, but, in reality, they have
never been properly taught how to learn.
•Different tasks (i.e., essay exams, objective
exams) require different study strategies in
order to maximize learning.
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Use of Time
• Time-management is a skill that can be
developed.
• Students with better time-management
skills tend to have higher GPAs.
• Students with poorer time-management
skills are often preoccupied with urgent,
last-minute tasks.
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Physical & Social
Environment
Regulation of the Physical & Social
Environment: the ability of learners to
restructure their physical and social
environments to meet achieve their goals.
High achievers report greater use of:
• environmental restructuring
• help-seeking behaviors.
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Monitoring Performance
Monitoring one’s own performance allows
learners to:
•control one’s performance;
•become one’s own coach or mentor;
•critique one’s own performance;
•make the necessary changes to meet goals.
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Why is academic self-
regulation important in
college?
In college:
• There are more distractions.
• Work is harder and there is more of it.
• There is more competition in the classroom,
in the lab, on the field, in the studio.
• Students are expected to be self-motivated.
• There are no study guides.
• Instructors do not guide your learning.
• Students are on their own.
Teacher-directed Student-directed
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Are these statements
typical of you always,
sometimes, or never?
1. “I can self-motivate when I need to.”
2. “I use different study methods for different types
of assignments and tests.”
3. “I plan how to use my time.”
4. “I modify or change my study environment so I
can concentrate.”
5. “I seek help when I need it.”
6. “I evaluate my work to determine my progress
toward meeting personal and academic goals.”
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How Can I Change My
Behavior?
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How Does Self-Regulation
Occur
in an Academic Context?
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Discussion
Questions
• Why is it important to be academically self-
regulated?
• What behaviors or beliefs do you currently hold
that may prevent you from being self-regulated?
• What are some new challenges you have
encountered as a college student?
• Thinking about the 6 components of self-
regulation, which are most challenging for you?
What changes are you prepared to make?
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Preview of Chapter 2:
Understanding Motivation
After studying Chapter 2 you will be able to:
• identify the factors that influence
motivation;
• assess your beliefs and perceptions to
account for your own motivation.
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