Exploring Self-Regulated Learning Skills in Gen Z Students in Soe, Nusa Tenggara Timur’s After the Covid-19

The study reveals that the SRL skills of Gen Z senior high school students in Soe City post-pandemic are predominantly high across metacognitive, motivational, and behavioral dimensions. This research using descriptive quantitative study investigated the Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) of senior high school students in Soe City, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, following the COVID-19 pandemic. The research aimed to unveil the prevailing SRL circumstances using numerical data analyzed with SPSS version 26.0. A Likert-type SRL questionnaire, assessing metacognition, motivation, and behavior, was administered online via Google Forms to 204 Gen Z students from the third grade of SMA X. The findings indicated that the majority of students demonstrated high SRL skills (50%), with a substantial portion exhibiting medium levels (48.09%) and a small percentage showing low SRL (1.96%). Examining individual SRL aspects, a similar trend emerged. In metacognition, most students scored high (61.3%), followed by medium (36.3%) and low (2.5%). For motivation, the distribution was high (44.1%), medium (50%), and low (5.9%). The behavioral aspect also showed a similar pattern: high (44.1%), medium (52.9%), and low (2.9%)