Regulation of Motivation: Evaluating an Underemphasized Aspect of Self-Regulated Learning

Self-regulated learning is often described as a function of students' motivation, cognitive strategy use, and metacognition. The purpose of this article is to emphasize regulation of motivation as another important aspect of self-regulated learning. To achieve this goal, a specific conceptual understanding of regulation of motivation is proposed and used to clarify theoretical distinctions between this process and motivation, metacognition, and...