Traditional self-report methods face significant limitations in capturing the dynamic nature of SRL¶

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q1 i? Self-report scales may not adequately reflect the actual regulatory processes that students engage in during learning tasks, and retrospective accounts may be influenced by memory limitations, social desirability bias, or lack of metacognitive awareness. → de Barba 2025

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de Barba 2025¶

de Barba, P. G., Oliveira, E. A., & English, N. (2025). Development and validation of a learning analytics rubric for self-regulated learning. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-025-10521-x

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The article's literature review, citing Winne (2020), argues that self-report methods face limitations including memory limitations, social desirability bias, lack of metacognitive awareness, failure to account for context-specific nature of self-regulation, and scalability challenges in large courses.

"Winne (2020) argues that self-report scales may not adequately reflect the actual regulatory processes that students engage in during learning tasks; a crucial aspect of cognitive information processing models."

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