"A self-regulated learner is able to monitor their learning and identify and implement strategies to bring them to the predetermined level of the course. Therefore, self-regulation has an important role in learning..." (Miller, 11). According to my research, self-regulation has a great influence on all types of students. Not only that, but self-regulation also has a very significant impact on how these students approach the writing process. Additionally, using technology such as the online writing site Blogger or incorporating self-regulated learning programs can help students who struggle with academic writing. One of the first studies that involved self-regulation/self-control and made it a much more widely studied method. The phenomenon was the marshmallow test; which was designed in the 1960s by the Bing Nursery School at Stanford University. This test was used to test children's self-regulation and was conducted as follows: The child being tested is left sitting alone in a room with a table containing 3 marshmallows in total. The child could choose to either immediately eat just one