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Theories in Use That Explain Adolescent Help Seeking and Avoidance in Mathematics
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Peeters, Aaron; Robinson, Viviane; Rubie-Davies, Christine – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
The aim of this study was to understand why some students avoid seeking help when they find classwork difficult. We employed a qualitative methodology to discover the theories in use that described and explained what high school students did and did not do when they did not understand in math classes. After 5 classroom observations of students'…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Help Seeking, High School Students, Mathematics Anxiety
Effects of Task and Ego Achievement Goals on Help-Seeking Behaviors and Attitudes.
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Butler, Ruth; Neuman, Orna – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1995
Israeli 2nd and 6th graders (n=159) working puzzles in task or ego goal conditions were more likely to request help and to explain help avoidance as motivated by effort toward independent mastery in the task-focus condition. Results clarify the role of motivational factors in academic help seeking. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Behavior Patterns, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
"Should I Ask for Help?" The Role of Motivation and Attitudes in Adolescents' Help Seeking in Math Class.
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Ryan, Allison M.; Pintrich, Paul R. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1997
Motivational influences on help-seeking behavior in mathematics were studied with 203 seventh and eighth graders. Perceived benefits and threats were important influences on avoidance of help-seeking behavior, but only benefits predicted adaptive help seeking. Social competence had an indirect effect on avoidance of help seeking. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Grade 7