{"id":3661,"date":"2022-11-22T01:46:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T01:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/?p=3661"},"modified":"2022-11-23T20:38:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T20:38:54","slug":"improving-online-instruction-with-self-regulated-learning-a-case-study-of-kinematics-graph-interpretation%ef%bf%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/improving-online-instruction-with-self-regulated-learning-a-case-study-of-kinematics-graph-interpretation%ef%bf%bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving online instruction with self-regulated learning: A case study of kinematics graph interpretation\ufffc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Author:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Juan C. Morales<br>Professor and Director of Mechanical Engineering<br>Ana G. M\u00e9ndez University, Gurabo Campus<br><a href=\"mailto:jcmorales@uagm.edu\">jcmorales@uagm.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The objective of this study was to determine if students\u2019 skills interpreting kinematics graphs could be improved in an online instruction environment by using the Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) framework.&nbsp; The gain in skills was measured by comparing pre-test and post-test results of the objective Test for Understanding Graphs \u2013 Kinematics (TUG-K) for N=19 students.&nbsp; The average score of the post-test was 62% better than the average score of the pre-test.&nbsp; The difference between the two average scores was statistically significant (p &lt; 0.05).&nbsp; In addition, an opinion survey of the students \u2013 conducted before and after the SRL intervention \u2013 showed a statistically significant (p &lt; 0.05) improvement of 15% regarding the students\u2019 own sense of self-efficacy, and their capacity for delayed gratification (self-control).&nbsp; These two intra-personal skills, in addition to metacognition, are addressed and developed by the SRL framework.&nbsp; SRL also develops self-instruction skills which opens further possibilities of using class time to provide feedback and to thoroughly assess student knowledge with oral exams.&nbsp; These initial results provide a positive outlook that the development of SRL skills contributes to improvements in online instruction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Dr. Juan C. MoralesProfessor and Director of Mechanical EngineeringAna G. M\u00e9ndez University, Gurabo Campusjcmorales@uagm.edu Abstract The objective of this study was to determine if students\u2019 skills interpreting kinematics graphs could be improved in an online instruction environment by using the Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) framework.&nbsp; The gain in skills was measured by comparing pre-test and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":459,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175,319,1,318],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-fall-issue-november-2022","category-general","category-volume-xiii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/459"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3661"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3662,"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3661\/revisions\/3662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}