ERIC Number: EJ796358
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-May
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
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Control, Motivation, Affect, and Strategic Self-Regulation in the College Classroom: A Multidimensional Phenomenon
Shell, Duane F.; Husman, Jenefer
Journal of Educational Psychology, v100 n2 p443-459 May 2008
This study of 397 undergraduate students examined relations between self-reported control, goal orientation, future time perspective, affect, and strategic self-regulation. Five patterns were found in three canonical dimensions. The high end of bipolar Dimension 1 linked high self-regulated strategy use and study effort to high self-efficacy, outcome expectancy, and effort causal attribution; high mastery and performance approach and low work avoidance goal orientations; and positive affect. The low end of Dimension 1 linked low strategy use and effort to low self-efficacy, outcome expectancy, and effort causal attribution; high work avoidance goal orientation; and low affect. The high end of bipolar Dimension 2 linked knowledge-building strategies, but not active self-regulation or study effort, to high self-efficacy, outcome expectancy for learning but not grades, and affect causal attribution; high mastery goal orientation; and positive affect. The low end of Dimension 2 linked surface learning, consisting of active self-regulation and study effort but not personal knowledge building, to high effort causal attribution but low self-efficacy and outcome expectancy. Unipolar Dimension 3 linked learned helplessness to high outcome expectancy and external causal attribution but low self-efficacy; high work avoidance goal orientation; and high negative affect and anxiety. (Contains 3 tables and 1 footnote.)
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Self Efficacy, Goal Orientation, Time Perspective, Multidimensional Scaling, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Self Management, Learning Motivation, Educational Psychology, Academic Achievement, Locus of Control, Correlation, Affective Objectives
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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