Monday, April 18, 2016

Research Blog #9: Argument and Counter-Argument


My argument is that having more self-regulation will allow college students to better succeed academically, especially when it comes to writing. The other side of this argument is that self-regulation does not have such a big impact on students, which is supported by the Miller article in my sources. In this article, the results of their study found that self-regulation has no direct correlation to prediction accuracy in students. I find this counter-argument to be not so strong since it focuses on a different aspect (prediction accuracy) than most of my other texts. One comparison it does have with a few of my articles, like Pintrich's, is that it makes use of the MSLQ; a questionnaire used to evaluate self-regulation. I did find that the MSLQ is possibly outdated, so that raises a lot of questions regarding Miller's study and potentially even some of my other sources.

Articles:
1. Miller, Dionne. "Two-Year Community: Learning How Students Learn: An Exploration of Self-Regulation Strategies in a Two-Year College General Chemistry Class." Journal of College Science Teaching J. Coll. Sci. Teach. 044.03 (2015): 11-16. Web.
2.Pintrich, Paul R. "A Conceptual Framework for Assessing Motivation and Self-Regulated Learning in College Students." Educational Psychology Review 16.4 (2004): 385-407. Web.


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