title: Self-regulated learning and self-directed study in a pre-college sample.
abstract: Self-regulated learning (SRL) is a multi-dimensional construct that has been difficult to operationalize using traditional, variable-centered methodologies. The current paper takes a person-centered approach to the study of SRL in a sample of 205 high-school students. Using latent profile analysis on self-reports of seven aspects of SRL, three groups were identified: high SRL, low SRL, and average SRL. Student self-reports of goal orientation were used as validation for the profile solution, with the high academic self- regulation group reporting the highest levels of mastery orientation while the low self-regulation group reported highest levels of avoidant orientation. Profiles were also compared on independently collected, behavioral measures of study behaviors, with the highly self-regulated group tending to study more material and for a longer time than less self-regulated individuals.
authors.affiliation: The Pennsylvania State University, 110 South Henderson Building, University Park, PA 16802.
authors.forename: Beau
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Abar
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Loken