Self-Regulation

Behavioral StudiesPedagogy & Learning

The process by which learners set goals, monitor their progress, manage their emotions and adjust their strategies to achieve learning outcomes.

Self-regulated learners plan, track and reflect on their work, taking ownership of their progress. Self-regulation draws on metacognition and motivation and is strongly linked to academic achievement and lifelong learning.

Related Terms
Metacognition
Awareness and control of one's own thinking and learning processes, often described as 'thinking about thinking'.
Motivation
The internal and external forces that initiate, direct and sustain goal-directed behaviour, including learning.
Self-Efficacy
An individual's belief in their own capacity to succeed at a specific task or in a particular situation, a concept central to the work of Albert Bandura.
Growth Mindset
The belief, described by Carol Dweck, that abilities and intelligence can be developed through effort, strategy and persistence, as opposed to a fixed mindset that sees them as static.
Grit
Perseverance and sustained passion for long-term goals, described by Angela Duckworth as a predictor of achievement beyond talent alone.