ENHANCING SELF–REGULATED LEARNING AMONG ADOLESCENTS

S. Jeyavel; S. Kadhiravan

Volume : IV, Issue : VI, June - 2015

ENHANCING SELF–REGULATED LEARNING AMONG ADOLESCENTS

S. Jeyavel, S. Kadhiravan

Abstract :

In this current information age, the explosion of knowledge and the need for technical skills have posed a tremendous burden on our students, schools and families. Traditional view of learning as �an activity� will not solve the demands of this competitive world. Students are in a pressing need to master the skill of learning and regulating themselves to become lifelong learners. Self regulation is an ability to behave according to one�s own intentions in a flexible way. Self regulated learners take responsibility of their learning and they actively participate in the learning process. Enhancing self–regulated learning skills will improve students� selfregulation of personal & behavioural functioning as well as academic performance. An activity based training module has been developed in order to enhance self–regulated learning skills. Forty ninth standard matriculation school students were randomly assigned as control group and forty seven students as experimental group. Quasi experimental pre–test and post–test design was adapted to find the effectiveness of the training module and significant findings were presented in this article.