مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - SELF-REGULATED LEARNING AND WRITING INSTRUCTION

Abstract :

Self-regulated learning, as a concept related to degree of active participation of students in their own learning process, can be defined as thoughts, feelings and emotions produced for attaining a goal. In the self-regulated learning active participation of people is required. In this process language plays a key role. Because of that, language instruction has an important place in the educational processes. One of the developing language skills through education is writing. People use writing as well as speaking to express themselves. Writing is the most widely used communication skill after speaking. While writing something, people transfer their own feelings and thoughts by organizing within a framework shaped by knowledge. Because of these conscious and analytic effort, mental processes used in writing process included in self-regulation concept. When viewed from this angle, writing is the sum of individual’s aim, knowledge, level of comprehension of the subject, organization of presentation, and mental activities carried out to to write down the ideas on subject. Transferring knowledge, editing and revising ideas is done in a more effective way while children’s’ writing skills develop. This development makes the emergence of high level written products. Self-regulated learning has an important role in achieving the objectives of writing instruction, which takes a long time.