Another point of particular interest was the dominant role that task interest played in the prediction of both regulatory measures. Students' level of interest or enjoyment in math was a significant predictor of their reports of strategy use and maladaptive regulatory behaviors, accounting for approximately 14% and 9% of the variance, respectively. Although one cannot infer a causal link between these motivation variables and students' use of self-regulation strategies in this study, these results are interesting nonetheless because they are consistent with the motivation literature showing that making academic tasks more interesting is a key component in enhancing students' behavioral and cognitive engagement