Exploring students’ online self-regulated learning on writing skills at Pesantren Education in the pandemic era

Abstract

Several theoretical findings have revealed that self-regulated Learning strategies can contribute to making good writers. This study focuses on using an online SRL strategy to improve the writing skills of pesantren students. A self-regulated Learning strategy is used for learners to set a goal, plan, and integrate their learning independently. Data are collected from 131 university students of Pesantren for 16 (sixteen) weeks. Two groups: experimental and control are the same duration, but only the experimental group receives the intervention. All groups get pre-and post-test writing as well as the SRL questionnaire. The findings demonstrate that when learners use SRL in writing skills on metacognitive, social behavior, and motivational control tactics, they are more engaged and driven. Furthermore, the SRL method can raise the level of linguistics. Keywords: Academic writing; online learning; self-regulated learning; Pesantren education