More about the development of self-regulation: Complex, long-term, and thoroughly social

AbstractSelf-regulated learning is more complex than Winne argued, as illustrated by the complex strategies articulated by very skilled readers as they process text. So, too, is transfer of newly learned strategies from one task to another, although paradoxically Winne underestimated the evidence supporting some of the mechanisms of transfer he favored. The development of self-regulation is long-term and much more social than Winne implied. Nonetheless, I think the instructional principles Winne favored are so important that I offer my own summary of them.