Self-Regulation and Learning

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Course Outline

  1. Social Cognitive Theory and Reciprocal Causality
  2. Observational Learning and Modeling
  3. Classroom Outcomes of Modeling
  4. Sources of Self-Efficacy
  5. Efficacy in Learning and Teaching
  6. Self-Regulated Learning
  7. Motivation and Volition in Learning
  8. Grit and Student Success
  9. Development of Self-Regulation
  10. Zimmerman’s Self-Regulation Cycle
  11. Social and Emotional Self-Regulation
  12. Guidelines for Emotional Self-Regulation
  13. Student Agency and Learning Control
  14. Self-Management Through Self-Instruction
  15. Agency and Self-Efficacy
  16. Motivation and Its Sources
  17. Motivation and Its Theoretical Perspectives
  18. Self-Determination in Learning

1. Social Cognitive Theory and Reciprocal Causality

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1. A student’s low confidence leads to less effort, which prompts a teacher to change instruction; the new instruction then affects the student’s confidence. Which framework best describes this cycle?

2. What does social cognitive theory add to social learning theory?

3. A teacher plans a demonstration so students can learn a new classroom routine. Which sequence contains Bandura’s four essential elements of observational learning?

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What factors does social cognitive theory add to social learning theory?

Cognitive factors such as beliefs, self-perceptions, and expectations.

Which models are observers more likely to attend to?

Competent, prestigious, enthusiastic, high-status, or self-similar models.

What does social learning theory emphasize?

Learning through observation of others.

What change in behavior, thinking, or emotion defines modeling?

A change resulting from observing another person.

How can classroom observational learning affect students?

It can direct attention, refine learned behaviors, alter inhibitions, teach new behaviors and attitudes, and evoke emotions.

How does self-efficacy differ from self-concept?

Self-efficacy concerns capability to perform a specific task; self-concept is a more global self-perception.

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