scholarly journals Self-Regulated Learning Behavior of College Students of Science and Their Academic Achievement

2012 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 1446-1450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cuixin Peng
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Learning Behavior ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Regulated Learning

scholarly journals Characterizing university students’ self-regulated learning behavior using dispositional learning analytics

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Ainscough ◽  
Richard Leung ◽  
Kay Colthorpe ◽  
Tracey Langfield
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Analytics ◽  
Learning Behavior ◽  
Anatomy And Physiology ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Learning Tasks ◽  
Regulated Learning ◽  
Meta Learning ◽  
New Strategies

Learning analytics can be used in conjunction with learner dispositions to identify at-risk students and provide personalized guidance on how to improve. Participants in the current study were students (n=192) studying a first year anatomy and physiology course. A two-step cluster analysis was performed using learning analytics data from the learning management system and self-regulated learning behavior from meta-learning assessment tasks. Three clusters of students were identified – high, medium and low self-regulated learners. High self-regulated learners were engaged with the meta-learning tasks, reported the most self-regulated learning strategies and used new strategies during semester. They also had the highest academic achievement. Compared to low self-regulated leaners, medium self-regulated learners were more engaged in the meta-learning tasks and used more learning strategies during semester, including new strategies; however, both medium and low self-regulated learners had similar levels of academic achievement. It is possible that the medium self-regulated learners represent students who were attempting to improve their learning, but had not yet found strategies that were right for them. Future evaluation of academic performance may determine whether the attempts to improve learning by medium self-regulated learners distinguishes them from low self-regulated learners in the later years of their study.

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