ABSTRACT
Societies across the globe are experiencing a growing need for their citizens to become more strategic and self-regulated lifelong learners who can proactively develop knowledge and skills on their own to meet the rapidly evolving demands of the global economy and modern workforce. This chapter highlights the importance of strategic and self-regulated learning for college student success and the development of lifelong learners. It reviews early research on study and learning strategies and show how this research led to the development of more comprehensive and dynamic models of learning that emphasize interactions among cognitive, metacognitive, motivational, affective, behavioral, and environmental factors. The chapter discusses a model: the Model of Strategic Learning (MSL). The MSL organizes various factors that underlie learning into four major components: skill, will, self-regulation, and the academic environment. Finally, the chapter discusses approaches for teaching and assessing strategic learning in college.
