ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book. The book addresses key historical, contemporary, and future developments in the field of self-regulation. It first deals with five basic domains of self-regulated learning and performance: social cognitive, cognitive/metacognitive, developmental, motivation and emotion, and co-regulation and socially shared regulation. The book focuses on the adaptation of self-regulatory principles to investigate their effectiveness in specific contexts. Research on self-regulation and technology includes what kinds of knowledge and skills are needed to successfully utilize technology in the modern world and how technology systems can be designed to teach and foster self-regulation. The book also reviews the literature on the role of self-regulation in computer-based learning environments, intelligent tutoring systems and teachable agents, digital games, and computer-supported collaborative learning. It further examines methodological issues in assessing self-regulation of learning and performance such as reliability, validity, diagnostic value, and sensitivity to instruction.
