Includes bibliographical references and index.

Exploring faculty-student interactions, academic self-efficacy, perceived responsibility, and academic achievement of college students / Michelle A. Gnoleba, Anastasia Kitsantas and Suzanne E. Hiller -- Measuring self-regulation in preschoolers : validation of two observational instruments / Laura Dörrenbächer, Franziska Perels -- Science e-newsletters : a platform for home-school connections in fostering self-regulated learning in elementary students / Lisa Hayes, Suzanne E. Hiller and Anastasia Kitsantas -- The influence of executive functioning and self-regulation on science learning for students with disabilities / Janice Bell Underwood -- Fostering self-regulated learning in first year courses / Joan Giblin -- The role of self-efficacy and self-improvement in metacognitive regulation in students of helping professions / Jakub Hladik and Karla Hrbackova -- Proactive and defensive patterns of self-regulated learning / Darko Loncaric and Cirilia Peklaj -- Self-regulated learning and failure / Andrew Tawfik and Hui Rong.