Self-Regulated Learning Processes of Medical Students During an Academic Learning Task

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Gandomkar R¹ ; Mirzazadeh A^{2, 3} ; Jalili M^{1, 4} ; Yazdani K⁵ ; Fata L⁶ ; Sandars J⁷

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1. Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2. Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. mirzazad@tums.ac.ir
3. Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. mirzazad@tums.ac.ir
4. Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
5. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
6. Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
7. Academic Unit of Medical Education, School of Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Source: Medical education Published:2016

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OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to identify the self-regulated learning (SRL) processes of medical students during a biomedical science learning task and to examine the associations of the SRL processes with previous performance in biomedical science examinations and subsequent performance on a learning task.; METHODS: A sample of 76 Year 1 medical students were recruited based on their performance in biomedical science examinations and stratified into previous high and low performers. Participants were asked to complete a biomedical science learning task. Participants' SRL processes were assessed before (self-efficacy, goal setting and strategic planning), during (metacognitive monitoring) and after (causal attributions and adaptive inferences) their completion of the task using an SRL microanalytic interview. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the means and frequencies of SRL processes. Univariate and multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the associations of SRL processes with previous examination performance and the learning task performance.; CONCLUSIONS: Self-efficacy, metacognitive monitoring and causal attributions measures were associated positively with previous performance. Causal attributions and adaptive inferences measures were associated positively with learning task performance. These findings may inform remediation interventions in the early years of medical school training.; RESULTS: Most participants (from 88.2% to 43.4%) reported task-specific processes for SRL measures. Students who exhibited higher self-efficacy (odds ratio [OR] 1.44, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.09-1.90) and reported task-specific processes for metacognitive monitoring (OR 6.61, 95% CI 1.68-25.93) and causal attributions (OR 6.75, 95% CI 2.05-22.25) measures were more likely to be high previous performers. Multiple analysis revealed that similar SRL measures were associated with previous performance. The use of task-specific processes for causal attributions (OR 23.00, 95% CI 4.57-115.76) and adaptive inferences (OR 27.00, 95% CI 3.39-214.95) measures were associated with being a high learning task performer. In multiple analysis, only the causal attributions measure was associated with high learning task performance. © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd and The Association for the Study of Medical Education.

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MLA	Gandomkar R, et al.. "Self-Regulated Learning Processes of Medical Students During an Academic Learning Task." Medical education, vol. 50, no. 10, 2016, pp. 1065-1074.
APA	Gandomkar R, Mirzazadeh A, Jalili M, Yazdani K, Fata L, Sandars J (2016). Self-Regulated Learning Processes of Medical Students During an Academic Learning Task. Medical education, 50(10), 1065-1074.
Chicago	Gandomkar R, Mirzazadeh A, Jalili M, Yazdani K, Fata L, Sandars J. "Self-Regulated Learning Processes of Medical Students During an Academic Learning Task." Medical education 50, no. 10 (2016): 1065-1074.
Harvard	Gandomkar R et al. (2016) 'Self-Regulated Learning Processes of Medical Students During an Academic Learning Task', Medical education, 50(10), pp. 1065-1074.
Vancouver	Gandomkar R, Mirzazadeh A, Jalili M, Yazdani K, Fata L, Sandars J. Self-Regulated Learning Processes of Medical Students During an Academic Learning Task. Medical education. 2016;50(10):1065-1074.
BibTex	@article{ author = {Gandomkar R and Mirzazadeh A and Jalili M and Yazdani K and Fata L and Sandars J}, title = {Self-Regulated Learning Processes of Medical Students During an Academic Learning Task}, journal = {Medical education}, volume = {50}, number = {10}, pages = {1065-1074}, year = {2016} }
RIS	TY - JOUR AU - Gandomkar R AU - Mirzazadeh A AU - Jalili M AU - Yazdani K AU - Fata L AU - Sandars J TI - Self-Regulated Learning Processes of Medical Students During an Academic Learning Task JO - Medical education VL - 50 IS - 10 SP - 1065 EP - 1074 PY - 2016 ER -

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