A Questionnaire‐Based Validation of Multidimensional Models of Self‐Regulated Learning Strategies

2016/05/18 by LIN SOPHIE TENG, Lin Sophie Teng, LAWRENCE JUN ZHANG +1 · 335 citations
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Cognition #Computer science #Confirmatory factor analysis #Construct (python library) #Construct validity #Developmental psychology #EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning #Educational Strategies and Epistemologies #Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods #Language learning strategies #Language proficiency #Mathematics education #Metacognition #Multilevel model #Psychology #Psychometrics #Self-regulated learning #Structural equation modeling

paper · doi:10.1111/modl.12339

published in Modern Language Journal 100(3), 674-701 (Wiley)

openalex publication_date 2016/05/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

This study aimed to validate a newly‐developed instrument, The Writing Strategies for Self‐Regulated Learning (SRL) Questionnaire, with respect to its multifaceted structure of SRL strategies in English as a foreign language (EFL) writing. A total of 790 undergraduate students from 6 universities in Northeast China volunteered to be participants. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) through structural equation modeling (SEM) were applied to evaluate 3 hypothesized models. The results of the CFA validated a 9‐factor correlated model of second language (L2) writing strategies for SRL with satisfactory psychometric characteristics. Model comparisons confirmed a hierarchical, multidimensional structure of SRL as the best model, in which self‐regulation, as a higher order construct, accounted for the correlations of the 9 lower‐order writing strategies, pertaining to cognitive, metacognitive, social–behavioral, and motivational regulation aspects. Multiple regression analysis revealed that 6 out of 9 SRL strategies had significant predictive effects on EFL writing proficiency. The empirical evidence lends preliminary support to a transfer of SRL theory from educational psychology to the field of L2/EFL education, particularly L2/EFL writing. Implications of these findings are discussed.

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