Actions and achievements of self-regulated learning in personal environments: Actions and achievements of self-regulated leaResearch on students participating in the Graduate Program in Preschool Education at the University of Granada

• Published in: Journal of new approaches in educational research 2017, Vol.6 (2), p.135-143
• Main Authors: Sola Martínez, Tomás, Trujillo Torres, Juan Manuel, López Núñez, Juan Antonio, Chaves Barboza, Eduardo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Autorregulación del aprendizaje; Educación infantil; Entorno educacional; Learning environment; Preschool education; regulated learning; Self; Teacher education
• ISSN: 2254-7339; 2254-7339

This paper is intended to study the self-regulated learning (SRL) process in personal learning environments (PLEs) among students participating in the Graduate Program for Preschool Education at the University of Granada (Spain). The study is focused on self-regulatory actions carried out by students, and on their self-regulated learning achievements, during the phases of action and reflection of this process. A Likert scale questionnaire was applied to a random cluster sample of the population. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were performed based on the collected data, as were non-parametric correlation and analysis of variance tests. The results confirm the importance of individual learning in the self-regulated process, and highlight the importance of digital tools in all three phases of self-regulation. Furthermore, the results show that teachers’ suggestions are related to the use of digital tools and recording of reflections on the learning process, and establish relationships between learning management tools and cognitive and metacognitive processes. The results also permit classification of students into three subgroups, based on their achievements. Analyses are consistent with the theory that explains the cyclical nature of self-regulated learning and the influence of social relationships on individual self-regulatory processes. Este artículo estudia el proceso de autorregulación del aprendizaje en entornos personales de aprendizaje de los estudiantes del Grado en Educación Infantil de la Universidad de Granada (España). El estudio se enfoca en las acciones autorreguladoras realizadas por los estudiantes y en los logros de autorregulación del aprendizaje alcanzados durante las fases de actuación y de reflexión de este proceso. Se aplicó un cuestionario tipo escala Likert en una muestra aleatoria por conglomerados de la población. Sobre los datos recabados se efectuaron análisis de estadística descriptiva e inferencial así como pruebas no paramétricas de correlación y de varianzas. Los resultados confirman la importancia del sujeto aprendiente en el proceso de autoregulación y resaltan la importancia de las herramientas digitales en las tres fases de la autorregulación. Asimismo, los hallazgos muestran que las sugerencias del profesor están relacionadas con el uso de las herramientas digitales y con el registro de las reflexiones sobre el propio aprendizaje, relacionan las herramientas universitarias de gestión del aprendizaje con