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Version 1.3 – Updated November 2024

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: 28
  • Number of studies: 1,897
  • Number of students: 396,009
  • Number of effects: 3,818
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.52
  • Robustness index: 5

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
Dissertation Lavery New Zealand Self-regulated learning for academic success: An evaluation of instructional techniques. 2008 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
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
Dissertation 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
Dissertation 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
Book 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
Egitim Arastirmalari - 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
Dissertation 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
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 Kim & 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. 2013 Self-regulated learning 55 0 95 0.66
Contemporary Educational Psychology Theobald Germany Self-regulated learning training programs enhance university students' academic performance, self-regulated learning strategies, and motivation: A meta-analysis. 2021 Self-regulated learning 49 5,786 251 0.38
International Online Journal of Educational Sciences Oz Turkey The effect self-regulated learning on students' academic achievement: a metaanalysis. 2021 Self-regulated learning 26 1,799 26 0.73
Psychological Bulletin Robson, Allen, & Howard Australia Self-regulation in childhood as a predictor of future outcomes: A meta-analytic review. 2020 Self-regulated learning 32 0 32 0.80
Review of Educational Research Ardasheva, Wang, Adesope, & Valentine USA Exploring effectiveness and moderators of language learning strategy instruction on second language and self-regulated learning outcomes 2017 Self-regulation strategies on achievement 53 0 43 0.78
Medical education Brydges, Manzone, Shanks, Hatal, Hamstra, Zendejas, & Cook Canada Self-regulated learning in simulation-based training: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2015 Supervised vs non-supervised SRL interventions 19 0 19 0.34
Frontiers in Psychology Shai, Chen, Wei, Li & Li China Effects of regulated learning scaffolding on regulation strategies and academic performance: A meta-analysis. 2023 Self-regulated programs on achievement 46 0 34 0.50
Conference paper Xu, Zhao, Zhang, Kogut, & Liew USA Effectiveness of self-regulated learning strategies on academic achievement in online and blended environments: A meta-analysis. 2021 Self-regulation interventions 37 0 73 0.69
Conference paper Hemmler & Ifenthaler USA Self-regulated learning strategies in continuing education: A meta-analysis 2024 Self-regulation strategies 32 0 32 0.68
Frontiers in Psychology Chen China The effectiveness of self-regulated learning (SRL) interventions on L2 learning achievement, strategy employment and self-efficacy: A meta-analytic study.  2022 Self-regulation interventions 16 0 32 0.72
Metacognition and Learning Elhusseini, Tischner, Aspiranti, & Fedewa USA A quantitative review of the effects of self-regulation interventions on primary and secondary student academic achievement 2022 Self-regulation interventions 46 5,255 150 0.83
Dissertation Hitt Uk A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions based on metacognition and self-regulation in school-aged mathematics 2023 Self-regulation interventions 60 0 60 0.46
Journal of Educational Computing Research Cheng, Wang, Ritzhaupt China The effects of computational thinking integration in STEM on students' learning performance in K-12 education: A meta-analysis. 2022 Self-regulated strategies on on-line 21 1,327 18 0.85
Conference paper Kurucay, Cetin & Burley USA The relationship between self-regulated learning strategies and achievement in distance learning: A meta-analysis 2015 Self-regulated learning 18 11,750 18 0.11
TOTAL/AVERAGE 1,897 396,009 3,818 0.56
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