Browsing by Author "Apablaza Carmen Gloria Covarrubias, Alfaro Maribel Veas, Marino Israel Gonzalez"
Self-regulation of Learning in First Year Law Students: A preexperimental design
(UNIV CHILE, FAC DERECHO, 2023) Apablaza Carmen Gloria Covarrubias, Alfaro Maribel Veas, Marino Israel Gonzalez
The objective of this study was to analyze the effect on the self -regula-tion of learning in a group of first-year university students, after completing the subject Workshop on Study Techniques and Methodologies of the Law degree at the Central University of Chile, Coquimbo Region. The methodology is quantitative, with a pre -ex-perimental pretest-posttest design with a group, and cross-sectional data collection. The non-probabilistic and intentional sample consisted of 59 students for the pretest and 59 for the posttest, who answered the Inventory of self-regulation strategies in univer-sity students by Cleary and Platten at the beginning and end of the course. The results of both measurements revealed few differences for the actions of the students in the information search dimension, while in the organization of the task it is possible to appreciate increases. The need to strengthen the self-regulation of learning in first-year law students with systematic and intentional actions emanating from the institution and teaching is concluded.