SKT-SRL: a scenario-based conditional strategy knowledge test

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Evidence · 8 claims (5 for, 3 mixed) · 2 studies (1 associational, 1 design), q2 · 0 of 2 report an effect size · 8 claims rest on one study

Description

A scenario-based offline assessment developed by Laura Dörrenbächer-Ulrich and colleagues that measures college students’ ability to distinguish useful from less useful cognitive, metacognitive, and motivational learning strategies in specific situations.

Components

• SKT-SRL: a scenario-based conditional strategy knowledge test for college students: The SKT-SRL is a scenario-based offline instrument assessing conditional SRL strategy knowledge, defined as knowledge about which strategy is most useful for a specific learning situation. It presents seven learning scenarios, each with three useful and three less useful strategies, and scores learners on how well they differentiate useful from less useful strategies. It is the first test combining cognitive, metacognitive, and motivational components within a process model viewpoint for college students. (Laura Dörrenbächer-Ulrich et al. (2024))

Claims

• The SKT-SRL shows low, mostly non-significant correlations with SRL microanalysis (online measure) [~W]
• Expert ratings support the content validity of the SKT-SRL scenarios and strategies [+W]
• The SKT-SRL shows acceptable-to-very good internal consistency across subscales [+W]
• The SKT-SRL correlates moderately with self-reported SRL strategy usage (convergent validity) [+W]
• SKT-SRL scores did not correlate significantly with high school GPA in the pilot and validation studies [~W]
• Adapting the scoring mechanism substantially reduced ceiling effects found in the pilot study [+W]
• Whether an SRL component correlates with GPA depends on how it is assessed: cognition via a strategy knowledge test, motivation via questionnaire, metacognition via an open-ended microanalytic question [+W]
• SRL components show moderate correlations within one assessment level but no correlations across different assessment methods within one component [~W]

Related Products and Programmes

• Multi-strategy test (MST)
• Microanalytic SRL assessment tool with open-ended and closed-ended questions across the three SRL phases
• Newly developed SRL strategy knowledge test with 25 paired strategy comparisons

Key Sources

• Laura Dörrenbächer-Ulrich, Jörn R. Sparfeldt, Franziska Perels. (2024). Knowing how to learn: development and validation of the strategy knowledge test for self-regulated learning (SKT-SRL) for college students. Metacognition and Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-024-09379-w

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title	SKT-SRL: a scenario-based conditional strategy knowledge test
description	A scenario-based offline assessment developed by Laura Dörrenbächer-Ulrich and colleagues that measures college students’ ability to distinguish useful from less useful cognitive, metacognitive, and motivational learning strategies in specific situations.
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