Abstract
The present study examined the motivational correlates and achievement consequences of students' help-seeking tendencies during sixth grade (N = 217). Students' grades were collected from school records at the beginning and end of the school year. Midway through the year students reported on their academic self-efficacy and social demonstration goals; teachers reported on students' help-seeking tendencies. First quarter grades and academic self-efficacy were positively related to adaptive help seeking and negatively related to avoidant help seeking. In addition, a social demonstration-approach goal was negatively related to adaptive help seeking. Help-seeking tendencies predicted 3rd quarter grades, controlling for 1st quarter grades.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 247-256 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Learning and Instruction |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2011.04 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 4 Quality Education
Keywords
- Academic self-efficacy
- Achievement
- Early adolescence
- Help seeking
- Social demonstration goals
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