Hello, l am looking for TEACHERS working with children aged 7 - 9 years old for my PhD in design. All l need is for you to complete a short 5-minute survey. As l need 300 people, your participation will mean the world to me!
I would like to ask any educators to contribute to this thread, if they have any experience with self-regulated learning. What was your experience with SRL and how did it affect your teaching, as well as your students? I am currently researching on this topic, and will sum my conclusions up below. However I wish to gain other perspectives, especially if someone has found that SRL affected specific students better, given their individual traits.
1. Self-Regulated Learning is not a personality trait an individual simply 'has' or 'does not have', and is not specifically based on the individual's background. Rather, it is a directed process in which the learner manages their mental capabilities to achieve a mastery orientation - specifically in three aspects:
• Behavioural - the mitigation of available resources (environment, time,
peer assistance)
• Motivation - controlling motivational beliefs (self-efficacy and goal
setting)
• Self-Regulation of Cognition - use of various learning strategies based
on metacognition
2. Successful self-regulated learning is highly dependent on self-efficacy.
I am currently working on a (soon-to-be) computer- adaptive test of productive and contextualized knowledge of English academic vocabulary, on an Aptis grant from the British Council. This test, whose main intended uses will be for self-assessment, ESL placement, and as a diagnostic, will be the first test of its kind in case its feasibility and validity is supported through this research. I am currently in the item calibration stage (pre-adaptive version), and am looking for non-native speakers of English who either already are or intend to be a student at an English- medium college/university. Previous students who have taken the test indicate they have benefited and learned substantially from taking the test. Every test taker who completes the test will be placed in three drawings for $100 each ($300 total will be awarded for this batch of participants, which is the first of three). For each of your students who takes the test and indicates YOUR email address at the beginning of the test (there is a field for that), your own email address will also be entered into the three drawings for $100. Selection of the three winners will take place one month from now.
The link for taking the test can be found below. The test should take 40-50 minutes, depending on the level of the students. https://iastate.qualtrics.com/SE/? SID=SV_bJVraATNI2RQg5v
Thank you in advance for your willingness to share the test and information with your ESL students. I am confident your students will benefit substantially from taking the test, Victor