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Beckers, Jorrick; Dolmans, Diana; van Merriënboer, Jeroen – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2022
This quasi-experimental study investigates the effects of using an electronic development portfolio (PERFLECT) with teacher-guided student self-coaching on the development of students' self-directed learning skills and motivation. In a 12-week program in senior vocational education, students in the PERFLECT group used the portfolio to help…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Learning Motivation, Portfolios (Background Materials), Comparative Analysis
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van Halema, Nicolette; van Klaveren, Chris; Drachsler, Hendrik; Schmitz, Marcel; Cornelisz, Ilja – Frontline Learning Research, 2020
For decades, self-report instruments -- which rely heavily on students' perceptions and beliefs -- have been the dominant way of measuring motivation and strategy use. Event-based measures based on online trace data arguably has the potential to remove analytical restrictions of self-report measures. The purpose of this study is therefore to…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Learning Motivation, Learning Strategies, Student Behavior
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Faber, Niels R.; Maruster, Laura; Jorna, Rene J.; van Haren, Rob J. F. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2012
In small businesses with no employees, learning environments have a low learning readiness. Consequently, learners need to rely on their own agency to shape their learning experiences. Results from a study of agricultural entrepreneurs indicated that the components of motivation and self-regulated learning strategies shape learner's agency and…
Descriptors: Small Businesses, Agricultural Occupations, Entrepreneurship, Workplace Learning