Success in PBL requires students to set goals, monitor, reflect, and sustain motivation across the whole project, yet many students do not do these processes naturally¶

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q1 i? Students must take responsibility for the learning process by setting goals, monitoring, reflecting, and sustaining motivation from the beginning to the end of a PBL project, but for many students these processes do not occur naturally or easily. → Mary C. English 2013

Evidence¶

Mary C. English 2013¶

Mary C. English, Anastasia Kitsantas. (2013). Supporting Self-Regulated Learning in Problem- and Project-Based Learning. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning. https://doi.org/10.7771/1541-5015.1339

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The article's abstract states the premise of the paper: PBL success depends on student self-regulation, and "for many students, these processes do not occur naturally or easily." No empirical data are reported for this assertion in the supplied text.

"students must take responsibility for the learning process by setting goals, monitoring, reflecting, and sustaining their motivation from the beginning of the project until the end. However, for many students, these processes do not occur naturally or easily."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Metacognition — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Self-Regulation — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Self-regulated learning improves achievement — a broader claim this one bears on
Deeper co-leadership emerges when staff support lets partners progressively take on responsibility, but recedes when staff carry the process — related
Learners invest more effort in tasks they perceive as interesting, personally important, or useful to their future goals. — related
Project-based learning improves achievement — related

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