Effects of Student Help-Seeking Behaviors on Student Mathematics Achievement

Osborne, M.C.; Ma, Xin

doi:10.7916/jmetc.v11i1.6706

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“…Additionally, students are more likely to ask for help when teachers are supportive and empathetic to their challenges (Peeters et al, 2020;Skaalvik et al, 2015) and when students see the benefits of seeking help (Parker et al, 2019;Peeters et al, 2020). Furthermore, research suggests that helpseeking behaviors and supportive teachers significantly improve mathematics achievement (Osborne & Ma, 2020;Peeters et al, 2020;Skaalvik et al, 2015). Therefore, educators need to create safe and positive classrooms, be a resource for students, provide opportunities for inquiry learning, and intentionally model help-seeking habits to show it is a valid approach to being successful on challenging tasks.…”

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Asking for help as a key to success: The relationship between student help‐seeking skills and mathematics self‐efficacy

Miles

Vela

2022

School Sci & Mathematics

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According to Social Cognitive Theory, self-efficacy describes students' beliefs in their ability to be successful within a certain task or domain. Though some contributions to self-efficacy are generally accepted, it is important to continue to look for additional factors that contribute to selfefficacy, especially those that provide opportunities for educators to improve their students' self-efficacy. This study uses regression analyses on a sample (n = 225) of undergraduate students to examine the unique contribution that help-seeking beliefs make to mathematical self-efficacy. Resultsshow that help-seeking beliefs have a positive relationship with self-efficacy and make a unique, positive contribution to self-efficacy even when controlling for other sources of self-efficacy. Results suggest the need for educators to improve student help-seeking beliefs by purposefully teaching helpseeking skills and providing more access to effective, individualized help for students.

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