Does Training on Self-Regulated Learning Facilitate Students' Learning With Hypermedia?

The authors examined the effectiveness of self-regulated learning (SRL) training in facilitating college students ’ learning with hypermedia. Undergraduate students (N 131) were randomly assigned to either a training condition or a control condition and used a hypermedia environment to learn about the circulatory system. Students in the SRL group were given a 30-min training session on the use of specific, empirically based SRL variables designed to foster their conceptual understanding; control students received no training. Pretest, posttest, and verbal protocol data were collected from both groups. The SRL condition facilitated the shift in learners ’ mental models significantly more than did the control…