For functions in the Sobolev space H s and decreasing sequences t n → 0 we examine convergence almost everywhere of the generalized Schrödinger means on the real line, given byhere a > 0, a = 1. For decreasing convex sequences we obtain a simple characterization of convergence a.e. for all functions in H s when 0 < s < min{a/4, 1/4} and a = 1. We prove sharp quantitative local and global estimates for the associated maximal functions. We also obtain sharp results for the case a = 1.