In their 2004 study into self-regulated learning (SRL), introduced in Chapter 2 Corrigan and Taylor describe their work as an “exploratory research inquiry “(2004, p. 51), and suggest that such an approach would be the most appropriate because (a) a quantitative approach would be “of limited use”. In view of their small sample size (six trainee primary teachers), and (b) they “wished to gain an in-depth understanding of the effectiveness of SRL as pedagogy…”(2004,p.51).