Module 7: Self-Regulation

Authors

Francis P. Collea, California State University, Fullerton
Robert FullerFollow
Robert Karplus, University of California, Berkeley
Lester G. Paldy, SUNY, Stony Brook
John W. Renner, University of Oklahoma

Date of this Version

1975

Comments

Copyright © 1975 American Association of Physics Teachers. Used by permission.

Abstract

How can students be made made aware of their own reasoning? This question identifies one aspect of formal thought. It must be answered if students are to proceed to formal thought by self-regulation, the process whereby an individual advances from one stage of reasoning to the next. We have alluded to self-regulation in several of the earlier modules, but concentrated on the characteristic reasoning patterns associated with each stage. In this module we shall describe self-regulation in detail.