The Relationships Between Self-Efficacy, Task Value, and Self-Regulated Learning Strategies

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Relationships Between Self-Efficacy, Task Value, and Self-Regulated Learning Strategies
Daeyeoul Lee, Sunnie Lee Watson, William R. Watson, International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020/01/13
The authors study the relationships between self-efficacy, task value, and the use of self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies in MOOCs. They find "positive relationships between self-efficacy and SRL strategies" as well as "positive relationships between task value and SRL strategies". So: if students think the content is important, and if they are self-starters, then they are more likely to successfully manage their own learning in MOOCs. As a broad generalization that's probably true (and was likely known to be true before this study). If I had more room I'd look at the definitions of the terms (they're provided in the literature review) and question the measurement of specific elements of those definitions. More...