When successful learners read a passage, and realize that they do not understand what they have read, they will go back and reread, and question or summarize what is that they need to understand. For example, successful learners will constantly check their comprehension. The use of self-regulation techniques assists students in performing tasks more effectively and independently. Through the use of strategies and self-regulation, performance can be greatly improved. Instruction in the use of self-regulation is typically directed towards students who are not currently using such techniques, and consequently are not successful in educational settings. Generally, successful learners already utilize various forms of self-regulation. They will regulate different strategies and monitor the effectiveness of that strategy while evaluating and determining the next course of action. Successful people and learners use self-regulation to effectively and efficiently accomplish a task. Self-regulation techniques are widely used. Allowing students to take a more active role in their education puts students in the driver's seat and in charge. Students need to view learning as an activity that they do for themselves in a proactive manner, rather than viewing learning as a covert event that happens to them as a result of instruction (Zimmerman, 2001). The use of Self-Regulation techniques are a way to actively engage otherwise passive students in their academic instruction.
Self-regulation is desirable because of the effects that it has on educational and behavioral outcomes. In order for students to be self-regulated they need to be aware of their own thought process, and be motivated to actively participate in their own learning process (Zimmerman, 2001). Self-regulation is the process of continuously monitoring progress toward a goal, checking outcomes, and redirecting unsuccessful efforts (Berk, 2003).
This is the method or procedure that learners use to manage and organize their thoughts and convert them into skills used for learning. "Self-Regulation refers to the self-directive process through which learners transform their mental abilities into task related skills" (Zimmerman, 2001). The appeal of self-regulation and its positive effects on behavior and educational outcomes has prompted much research in this area. The ability to self-regulate has been viewed as a desirable quality throughout history because of its positive affects on behavior and the acquisition of skills (Reid, 1993).
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