conducted a study to examine whether students' self-reported use of self-regulation strategies varied across three types of academic tasks—reading for learning, completing a brief essay, and studying for an exam. The authors found that the students employed different strategies depending on the nature of the task and thus appeared to adapt their methods of learning to meet contextual demands and constraints. Similarly, Perry (1998) conducted a study to examine the effects of classroom contexts (i.e., high and low self-regulation classroom contexts) on elementary school students' beliefs, expectations, and regulatory behaviors. Students who were part of “high” self-regulated classrooms exhibited behaviors characteristic of self-directed learners, such as monitoring and evaluating their work, seeking help, using time management strategies, and engaging in a recursive regulatory cycle when performing a writing task. In contrast, students participating in “low” self-regulated classrooms were more likely to rely on teacher regulation of their writing, time, and resources and did not frequently engage in self-monitoring or self-reflection (Perry, 1998).