Universities should provide SRL training and consider reducing the length of breaks between lectures, using web-based instruction to give flexible attendance¶

Strategy · All strategies
Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 associational), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description¶

At the institutional level, the article recommends "training interventions for students to foster SRL strategies", noting face-to-face trainings have been demonstrated effective but that "a web-based training approach ... was demonstrated to be more efficient" for reaching large numbers. It further suggests universities "should consider reducing the length of breaks between lectures so that there is less need for students to actively fill these gaps", potentially by increasing web-based instruction that lets students choose their optimal attendance time. This targets the finding that breaks use independently predicts satisfaction.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Institutional commitment to SRL training provision and timetable design that accounts for the length of gaps between lectures.

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• university students

Target Learning Goals¶

• self-regulated learning strategy use
• daily study satisfaction

Claims¶

• Using breaks between lectures for independent study is an independent positive predictor of daily study satisfaction beyond overall time investment [+W]
• Effort positively predicts daily study satisfaction above and beyond time investment, breaks use, planning, and procrastination, with the full predictor set explaining 49.3% of intraindividual variance [+W]

Related Strategies¶

• Provide explicit teaching of SRL methods as structured guidance for regulating learning in online and blended settings
• Advise students to plan their study days, use breaks between lectures for independent study, prevent procrastination, and invest effort
• University teachers should act as role models by explicitly communicating lecture goals and time plans and reminding students to start exam preparation early

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Liborius, P., Bellhäuser, H., & Schmitz, B. (2019). What makes a good study day? An intraindividual study on university students' time investment by means of time-series analyses. Learning and Instruction, 60, 310-321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2017.10.006