Instrument design of students self-regulated learning in statistics course

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to obtain an appropriate and valid instrument for measuring students self-regulated learning in a statistics course. The first step was reviewing the definitions of self-regulated learning from some relevant references. The second was writing an instrument blueprint. The third was asking some expert judges to examine the instrument validity. The next step was compiling the statement items as the initial instrument design. Then the initial instrument was used to collect the self-regulated learning data from students in higher education. Those data were processed and analysed using exploratory factor analysis. The result was the final instrument which consists of 19-items with nine strategies that were grouped into five factors. The Factor-1 was fit into a goal, planning, and organizing strategies which had 7-items; The Factor-2 was fit into a structuring in physical and mental environment (3-items); The Factor-3 was fit into a seeking information (3-items); The Factor-4 was fit into a seeking assistance and rehearsing (3-items); and The Factor-5 was fit into a self-consequence and self-evaluation (2-items). This final instrument could be used as an appropriate and valid instrument for measuring students self-regulated learning in a statistics course in next study.