Self-Regulated Learning Intervention Program for Underachieving College Students

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201125.028How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Locus of Control, Motivation, Self-Regulated Learning, Underachiever

Abstract

Underachievement describes a situation when someone does not achieve his or her full potential. It has been considered as a substantial problem in the field of education and has been investigated for decades. In college, underachievement occurs because students are either unprepared or do not meet the expected standards. A study found that the cause of underachievement is lack of self-regulated learning skills. Researchers designed an intervention program based on the self-regulated learning theory to overcome underachievement, with this study therefore aiming to examine the effectiveness of this self-regulated learning intervention program designed for underachieving college students. The program focuses on improving the self-regulated learning ability by equipping participants with goal setting and time management skills, increasing motivation, and promoting a sense of control and motivation. Therefore, a 21-year-old male college student in his final year participated in this study. The participant completed the self-regulated learning questionnaire, social reaction inventory, and self-motivation questionnaire at pre- and post-intervention. Results showed that the self-regulated learning ability score is increasing from the average to good category, whereas the external locus of control score is decreasing from the high to low category. Conversely, the internal locus of control score is increasing from the average to high category. However, no differences were observed between self-motivation scores at post-intervention.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Eunike Karina Nadine Matitaputty
AU  - Linda Primana
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/11/27
TI  - Self-Regulated Learning Intervention Program for Underachieving College Students
BT  - Joint proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Intervention and Applied Psychology (ICIAP 2019) and the 4th Universitas Indonesia Psychology Symposium for Undergraduate Research (UIPSUR 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 341
EP  - 350
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201125.028
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201125.028
ID  - Matitaputty2020
ER  -