An Investigation of Self-Regulation to Enhance First-Year Students’ Autonomous Learning Ability at Yunnan Normal University

This study focused on first-year students at Yunnan Normal University. The research objectives were threefold: (1) to investigate the role of self-regulatory methods in enhancing students' autonomous learning ability, (2) to study the differences between the control group and the experimental group, and (3) to determine if students are satisfied with self-regulatory methods. The research group was drawn from the 9,000 first-year students in the 2023 academic year. There were 48 classrooms, each consisting of 180-187 students. Students from two randomly selected classrooms were studied. The study employed stratified random quantitative analysis. Statistical analysis used mean average value (X̄), standard deviation (S.D.), and variance to interpret the data. The main research tools were questionnaires, lesson plans, and a satisfaction questionnaire. The results showed: (1) The overall mean score was 4.11 with a standard deviation of 0.4, indicating a generally high recognition of autonomous study strategies among the students in the experimental group, reaching the "agree" level