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Self-regulation strategies

Overview

  • Influence: Self-regulation strategies
  • Domain: Student Learning Strategies
  • Sub-Domain: Meta-cognitive/self-regulated learning
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
  • Influence Definition: Self-regulated learner requires motivation (for instance, to attempt to solve a math problem), cognition (to think through the problem), and metacognition (to review whether they are performing the task correctly).

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 17
  • Number of studies: 1,530
  • Number of students: 370,092
  • Number of effects: 3,118
  • Effect size: 0.54

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Unpublished Thesis Ragosta USA The effectiveness of intervention programs to help college students acquire self-regulated learning strategies: A meta-analysis 2010 Self regulation with college students 55 6,669 93 0.34
Unpublished thesis Benz Germany Improving the Quality of E-Learning by Enhancing Self-Regulated Learning: A Synthesis of Research on Self-Regulated Learning and an Implementation of a Scaffolding Concept 2010 Self regulated interventions 44 4,047 44 0.45
Asia Pacific Education Review Zheng Korea The effectiveness of self-regulated learning scaffolds on academic performance in computer-based learning environments: A meta-analysis. 2016 Self-regulated learning strategies 29 2,648 29 0.44
The Factors Effecting Student Achievement Danisman Turkey The Effect of Self-regulation on Student Achievement 2017 Self-regulation 346 215,452 346 0.54
Internet and Higher Education Broadbent & Poon Canada Self-regulated learning strategies & academic achievement in online higher education learning environments: A systematic review 2015 Self-regulated learning strategies 12 0 12 0.26
Eurasian Journal of Educational Research Ergen & Kanadli Turkey The Effect of Self-Regulated Learning Strategies on Academic Achievement: A Meta-Analysis Study 2017 Self-regulation strategies 21 0 21 0.86
Unpublished thesis Dent USA The Relation Between Self-Regulation and Academic Achievement: A Meta-Analysis Exploring Variation in the Way Constructs are Labeled, Defined, and Measured 2013 Self-regulated learning 145 0 173 0.56
Unpublished thesis Lavery New Zealand Self-regulated learning for academic success: An evaluation of instructional techniques. 2005 Self-regulated learning 30 1,937 223 0.46
Educational Research Review Dignath, Buettner, & Langfeldt Netherlands How can primary school students learn self-regulated learning strategies most effectively?: A meta-analysis on self-regulation training programmes 2008 Self-regulation strategies 30 2,364 263 0.69
Unpublished Thesis Benz & Schmitz Improving the quality of e-learning by enhancing self-regulated learning. A synthesis of research on self-regulated learning and an implementation of a scaffolding concept 2009 Self-regulated learning 28 0 28 0.78
Psychological Bulletin Sitzmann & Ely USA A Meta-Analysis of Self-Regulated Learning in Work-Related Training and Educational Attainment: What We Know and Where We Need o Go 2011 Self-regulation strategies 369 90,380 855 0.37
Zhang, Z., Tan, X., & Lu, L. China A meta-analysis of the correlation between domestic and foreign learning strategies and English scores 2013 Self-regulation 60 0 60 0.66
JAMA pediatrics Pandey Hale, Das, Goddings, Blakemore, & Viner UK Effectiveness of universal self-regulation–based interventions in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. 2018 Self-regulation interventions 39 23,098 39 0.42
Educational Research Review Jansen, van Leeuwen, Jannsen, Jak, & Kester Netherlands Self-regulated learning partially mediates the effect of self-regulated learning interventions on achievement in higher education: A meta-analysis 2019 Self-regulated interventions and correlates 126 0 284 0.36
The Korean Society of Educational Psychology Kin & Seo Korea The effect of self-regulated learning program: A meta-analysis. 2014 Self-regulated learning 82 0 289 0.91
Frontiers of Psychology Li, Ye, Tang, Zhou, & Hu China What are the effects of self-regulation phases and strategies for Chinese students? A meta-analysis of two decades research of the association between self-regulation and academic performance. 2018 Self-regulated learning 59 23,497 264 0.47
Book de Boer, Donker-Bergstra, Kostons, Korpershoek, & van der Werf Netherlands Effective strategies for self-regulated learning: A meta-analysis. 2012 Self-regulated learning 55 0 95 0.66
TOTAL/AVERAGE 1,530 370,092 3,118 0.54

Confidence

The Confidence is the average of these four measures, each divided into five approximately equal groups and assigned a value from 1 to 5 based on the following criteria:

  • Number of Meta-analyses
    • 1 = 1
    • 2 = 2–3
    • 3 = 4–6
    • 4 = 7–9
    • 5 = 10+
  • Number of Studies
    • 1 = 1–10
    • 2 = 11–50
    • 3 = 51–200
    • 4 = 201–400
    • 5 = 400+
  • Number of Students
    • 1 = 1–2,500
    • 2 = 2,501–10,000
    • 3 = 10,000–20,000
    • 4 = 20,000–100,000
    • 5 = 100,001+
  • Number of Effects
    • 1 = 1–100
    • 2 = 101–300
    • 3 = 301–600
    • 4 = 601–1,200
    • 5 = 1,200+
Confidences
Number of Meta-Analyses Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Overall Confidence
Confidence Factor 5 5 5 5 5
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