Developing Self-Regulation Skills in Second Level Students Engaged in Threshold Learning: Results of a Pilot Study in Ireland

A pilot programme ‘Successful Transitions’ was conducted by the ‘Shannon Consortium’ and funded by the Higher Education Authority Strategic Innovation Fund from 2014 to 2016. Second level students who were currently engaged in challenging academic work involving key threshold concepts were selected for instruction designed to improve self-regulation. Over a period of approximately 10 weeks, students engaged with challenging mathematics concepts...