On the Meanings of Self-Regulation: Digital Humanities in Service of Conceptual Clarity

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Title: On the Meanings of Self-Regulation: Digital Humanities in Service of Conceptual Clarity
Language: English
Authors: Burman, Jeremy T., Green, Christopher D., Shanker, Stuart
Source: Child Development. Sep-Oct 2015 86(5):1507-1521.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 15
Publication Date: 2015
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Self Control, Definitions, Networks, Maps, Vocabulary, Humanities, Technology, Self Management, Observation, Learning, Social Behavior, Personality Traits
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12395
ISSN: 0009-3920
Abstract: Self-regulation is of interest both to psychologists and to teachers. But what the word means is unclear. To define it precisely, two studies examined the American Psychological Association's system of controlled vocabulary--specifically, the 447 associated terms it presents--and used techniques from the Digital Humanities to identify 88 closely related concepts and six broad conceptual clusters. The resulting analyses show how similar ideas are interrelated: self-control, self-management, self-observation, learning, social behavior, and the personality constructs related to self-monitoring. A full-color network map locates these concepts and clusters relative to each other. It also highlights some of the interests of different audiences, which can be described heuristically using two axes that have been labeled "abstract versus practical" and "self-oriented versus other-oriented."
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2015
Accession Number: EJ1074161
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Self-regulation is of interest both to psychologists and to teachers. But what the word means is unclear. To define it precisely, two studies examined the American Psychological Association's system of controlled vocabulary--specifically, the 447 associated terms it presents--and used techniques from the Digital Humanities to identify 88 closely related concepts and six broad conceptual clusters. The resulting analyses show how similar ideas are interrelated: self-control, self-management, self-observation, learning, social behavior, and the personality constructs related to self-monitoring. A full-color network map locates these concepts and clusters relative to each other. It also highlights some of the interests of different audiences, which can be described heuristically using two axes that have been labeled "abstract versus practical" and "self-oriented versus other-oriented."
ISSN:0009-3920
DOI:10.1111/cdev.12395