USING ACADEMIC CONTROL BELIEFS TO PREDICT COLLEGE STUDENTS’ SELF-REGULATED LEARNING BEHAVIORS

Abstract

As more and more students enter colleges in the United States, the number of students who are academically underperformed for college-level work is increasing [9]. One factor that influences students’ learning is the typical behaviors students exhibit when they are studying [3], [19]. This study examined the importance of various learning behaviors carried out by college students. Furthermore, the study examined whether and to what degree one psychological attribute, locus of control, can predict students’ learning behaviors.