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Bowen Liu; Yonghe Wu; Hang Shu; Yongpeng Cui; Can Zuo; Wenhao Li – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2024
Self-direction has become an important skill in the 21st century. To cultivate learners with a high level of self-direction, it is necessary to diagnose their self-directed learning (SDL) ability. This study diagnosed and predicted learners' SDL ability based on their actual SDL behaviours. The study was performed in a self-directed 3D design…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Independent Study, Teaching Methods, Self Concept
Garvin Brod; Elfriede Holstein; Leonie Weindorf; Joseph Colantonio; Elizabeth Bonawitz; Maria Theobald – npj Science of Learning, 2025
Can you learn better by doing something yourself (DIY) or by watching somebody else do it? We present a new approach to examine this perennial question in research on learning and instruction. In a science learning task, children aged 5 to 7 years (N = 95) either generated predictions themselves (active condition) or observed the predictions of a…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Learning Activities, Experiential Learning, Active Learning
Inuusah Mahama; Isaac Amoako; Aliu Nandzo; Peter Eshun – Cogent Education, 2024
In every learning environment, several factors such as mindfulness, self-regulation, school engagement, and resilience may compel students to move beyond their limits to sustain learning and improve their academic performance. The study, therefore, investigated the predictive roles of academic mindfulness, self-regulated learning, and school…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Independent Study, Learner Engagement, Predictor Variables
Laura Dörrenbächer-Ulrich; Marius Bregulla – Educational Psychology Review, 2024
Self-regulated learning (SRL) and executive functions (EF) are broad concepts stemming from different research areas. They have been defined and modeled in various ways and are repeatedly related to each other in the literature, but so far, no systematic analyses of these relations have been published. Therefore, a systematic analysis of their…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Executive Function, Metacognition, Age Groups
Xiao Wen; Hu Juan – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
To address three issues identified in previous research this study proposes a clustering-based MOOC dropout identification method and an early prediction model based on deep learning. The MOOC learning behavior of self-paced students was analyzed, and two well-known MOOC datasets were used for analysis and validation. The findings are as follows:…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Dropouts, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research
Melissa T. A. Simarmata; Gwo-Guang Lee; Hoky Ajicahyadi; Kung-Jeng Wang – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Teaching computer programming language remotely presents particular difficulties due to its requirement for abstract and logical thinking. There is a dearth of research specifically examining the potential factors that determine student performance when distance self-learning is conducted for programming language education. This study aims to…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Independent Study, Computer Science Education, Programming
Chun Lai; Qianshan Chen; Yabing Wang; Xuedan Qi – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2024
Individual interest and self-regulation are two pillars of self-directed learning. Despite empirical evidence on the interaction between the two with respect to academic achievement, few studies have explored how individual interest and self-regulation might interact and relate to self-directed informal learning. This study surveyed 322 university…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Interests, Independent Study, Informal Education
Maria Theobald – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2025
Background and Aims: The hypothesis that study strategies can compensate for less study time in predicting learning outcomes has often been proposed but rarely tested empirically. Methods: In the present study, 231 university students reported their daily perceived time spent on self-study, study strategies (planning, monitoring, concentration and…
Descriptors: Study Skills, Study Habits, Learning Strategies, Time on Task
Karmini, Ni Wayan – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2022
The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between digital literacy and self-regulated learning during the COVID-19 pandemic for Hindu Indonesia University Denpasar students. The study used correlational quantitative method as the research method. The population of the study consists of all active students at the Hindu Indonesia…
Descriptors: Digital Literacy, Independent Study, COVID-19, Pandemics
Nehir Yasan-Ak; Soner Yildirim – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2024
Mobile phones have become essential learning tools with their extensive features and functionalities, contributing to the emergence of mobile learning. These devices enable communication and collaboration both inside and outside the classrooms while also aiding in information seeking, collection, and content generation. Yet, the use of mobile…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Undergraduate Students
Altinpulluk, Hakan; Kilinc, Hakan; Alptekin, Gokhan; Yildirim, Yusuf; Yumurtaci, Onur – Open Praxis, 2023
The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the intrinsic motivation levels and self-directed learning levels of learners within a massive open online course environment. In addition, the relationship between these variables and the technology competences/average daily use times of technology were also studied. This study was…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Independent Study, Student Motivation, Correlation
Mostafa Azari Noughabi; Mohammad Davoudi – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2024
In spite of the proliferation of research studies on vocabulary knowledge, investigating the relationship between self-regulation, vocabulary size, and collocational knowledge among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners has received scant attention. The current study aimed to investigate whether vocabulary and collocation size can explain…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Independent Study
Ahmed, Waqas – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
Digital competence among business research students is heralded as a pragmatic expression of the quality of research output and effective collaboration. Self-Directed Learning (SDL) is a resourceful personal and professional development technique, yet there is minimal research on SDL for digital competence among business scholars. This study…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Business, Research, College Students
Rebecca Hey; Mark McDaniel; Flaviu A. Hodis – Metacognition and Learning, 2024
Being an effective learner is an important pillar supporting success in higher education and beyond. This research aimed to uncover the extent to which undergraduate students use a set of commonly researched learning strategies, as well as to understand how learning strategy usage relates to key self-regulation factors proposed in influential…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Learning Processes, Independent Study, Learning Strategies
Analysis and Prediction of Students' Performance in a Computer-Based Course through Real-Time Events
Lucia Uguina-Gadella; Iria Estevez-Ayres; Jesus Arias Fisteus; Carlos Alario-Hoyos; Carlos Delgado Kloos – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2024
Students learn not only directly from their teachers and books, but also by using their computers, tablets, and phones. Monitoring these learning environments creates new opportunities for teachers to track students' progress. In particular, this article is based on gathering real-time events as students interact with learning tools and materials…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Electronic Learning

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