Linguistics

Mathematics education

Philosophy

Neuroscience

Cognition

Economics

Computer science

Hypermedia

Qualitative research

TRACE (psycholinguistics)

Psychology

Task (project management)

Management

Computer-Assisted Instruction

Internal medicine

Sociology

Metacognition

Medicine

Differential effects

Self-regulated learning

Social science

Multimedia

Journal of Educational Computing Research

This study examined 148 adolescents' use of self-regulated learning (SRL) processes when learning about the circulatory system using hypermedia. We examined participants' verbal protocols to determine the relationship between SRL processes and qualitative shifts in students' mental models from pretest to posttest. Results indicated that participants who exhibited a qualitative shift displayed differential use of six SRL processes, including metacognitive monitoring activities, learning strategies, and indications of task difficulty. We propose that these SRL processes can account for the participants' shift in mental model. Implications for the design of hypermedia learning environments are presented, including substantive recommendations for the use of trace logs and scaffolding to promote self-regulated learning with hypermedia.

Adolescents' Use of Self-Regulatory Processes and Their Relation to Qualitative Mental Model Shifts While Using Hypermedia