Exploring task understanding in self-regulated learning: task understanding as a predictor of academic success in undergraduate students

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dc.contributor.authorOshige, Mika
dc.contributor.supervisorHadwin, Allyson
dc.date.accessioned2009-08-31T15:32:39Z
dc.date.available2009-08-31T15:32:39Z
dc.date.copyright2009en
dc.date.issued2009-08-31T15:32:39Z
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studiesen
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractUnderstanding what to do and how to complete academic tasks is an essential yet complicated academic activity. However, this area has been under-examined. The purpose of this study is to investigate students’ understanding of academic tasks with qualitative and quantitative approaches. Ninety-eight students participated in this study. First, the study explored the kinds of tasks students identified as challenging, the disciplines in which these tasks were situated, the types of structures these tasks had, and challenges found in students’ task analysis activity. Second, the study examined the relationships between students’ task understanding and academic performance. The findings indicated that although students struggled with various tasks, they struggled even more when tasks became less pre-scribed. The results also showed that task understanding was statistically significantly co-related to academic performance and task understanding, particularly, implicit aspect of task understanding, predicted students’ academic performance. The findings supported Hadwin’s (2006) model of task understanding.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/1690
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben
dc.subjectSelf-regulated learningen
dc.subjectTask definitionen
dc.subjectundergraduate studentsen
dc.subjectacademic performanceen
dc.subjectacademic tasksen
dc.subjectmeasurementen
dc.subjectTask understandingen
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Education::Educational psychologyen
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Education::Education, Higheren
dc.titleExploring task understanding in self-regulated learning: task understanding as a predictor of academic success in undergraduate studentsen
dc.typeThesisen

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