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Article: The promise and perils of self-regulated study
- Article from:
- Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
- Article date:
- April 1, 2007
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Self-regulated study involves many decisions, some of which people make confidently and easily (if not always optimally) and others of which are involved and difficult. Good study decisions rest on accurate monitoring of ongoing learning, a realistic mental model of how learning happens, and appropriate use of study strategies. We review our research on the decisions people make, for better or worse, when deciding what to study, how long to study, and how to study.
Self-regulated study involves, in the main, decisions students make while they study on their own, away from a teacher's guiding hand. Within Nelson and Narens's (1994) influential framework, students are characterized as ...