ERIC Number: EJ1112063
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 28
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ISSN: ISSN-0026-7902
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A Questionnaire-Based Validation of Multidimensional Models of Self-Regulated Learning Strategies
Teng, Lin Sophie; Zhang, Lawrence Jun
Modern Language Journal, v100 n3 p674-701 Fall 2016
This study aimed to validate a newly-developed instrument, The Writing Strategies for Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) Questionnaire, with respect to its multifaceted structure of SRL strategies in English as a foreign language (EFL) writing. A total of 790 undergraduate students from 6 universities in Northeast China volunteered to be participants. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) through structural equation modeling (SEM) were applied to evaluate 3 hypothesized models. The results of the CFA validated a 9-factor correlated model of second language (L2) writing strategies for SRL with satisfactory psychometric characteristics. Model comparisons confirmed a hierarchical, multidimensional structure of SRL as the best model, in which self-regulation, as a higher order construct, accounted for the correlations of the 9 lower-order writing strategies, pertaining to cognitive, metacognitive, social-behavioral, and motivational regulation aspects. Multiple regression analysis revealed that 6 out of 9 SRL strategies had significant predictive effects on EFL writing proficiency. The empirical evidence lends preliminary support to a transfer of SRL theory from educational psychology to the field of L2/EFL education, particularly L2/EFL writing. Implications of these findings are discussed.
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Metacognition, Writing Strategies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Writing (Composition), Undergraduate Students, Asians, Psychometrics, Multiple Regression Analysis, Correlation, Learning Motivation, Language Proficiency, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Educational Psychology, Structural Equation Models, Second Language Instruction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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