Impact of parental education on self-regulated learning strategies among college students

Pages: 1841-1844
Jagpreet Kaur and Dilpreet Kaur (Department of Education and Community Service, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab)

The present study aims to investigate the impact of parental education on self-regulated learning strategies among college students. The study was carried on 300 Government degree college students. Motivated strategy for learning questionnaire by Pintrich and DeGroot (1990) was used in the present study. The findings of the present study revealed significant differences in self-regulated learning strategies across different levels of maternal and paternal education. The findings of the present study suggested that the parents are to be made aware that they should give their wards sufficient encouragement and freedom to develop their learning strategies.