LEAD Graduate School & Research Network

Self-Regulation in Education

Our goal

Self-regulated learning is often described as the key to greater learning success. Once students have been taught how to learn effectively, it is commonly believed that the rest will work itself out. But what exactly is self-regulation, how important is it really and how well can it be encouraged? So far, research has only been able to provide limited answers to these questions. CRA 3 wants to get to the bottom of the factor self-regulation in large, longitudinal studies.

Research projects

ASPIRE

KI & Selbstregulation: Verantwortungsvolle Innovation in der Bildung

Motivation Science Lab

What is motivation and what motivates us? How can we motivate ourselves and others? The Motivation Science Lab is an interdisciplinary lab that aims to understand the nature of motivation from both basic science and applied perspectives.


Interviews & press articles

Deutsches Schulportal

Bildungsforschung. Warum Selbstregulation die neue Superpower ist
To the article (in german)

Onlinemagazin Schulmanagement

Zukunftskompetenz Selbstregulation

To the article (in German)


Publications

  • Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina (2024): Förderung der Selbstregulationskompetenzen von Kindern und Jugendlichen in Kindertageseinrichtungen und Schulen (Schriftenreihe zur wissenschaftsbasierten Politikberatung: Stellungnahme). https://doi.org/10.26164/leopoldina_03_01157
  • Bäulke, L., Daumiller, M., Wenker, T., Scheunemann, A., Grunschel, C., Wirth, J., Fries, S., Leutner, D., & Dresel, M. (2025). On the development of motivational regulation strategy knowledge and its longitudinal relationship with academic procrastination over the course of study. Journal of Educational Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000984
  • Bardach, L., Yanagida, T., Goetz, T., Jach, H., & Pekrun, R. (2023). Self-regulated and externally regulated learning in adolescence: Developmental trajectories and relations with teacher behavior, parent behavior, and academic achievement. Developmental psychology, 59(7), 1327–1345. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001537