Help Seeking in Academic Settings : Goals, Groups, and Contexts

by Karabenick, Stuart A.; Newman, Richard S.

• ISBN13: 9780805852196
• ISBN10: 0805852190
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-03-03
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

Building on Karabenick's earlier volume on this topic and maintaining its high standards of scholarship and intellectual rigor,Help Seeking in Academic Settings: Goals, Groups, and Contextsbrings together contemporary work that is theoretically as well as practically important. It highlights current trends in the area and gives expanded attention to applications to teaching and learning. The contributors represent an internationally recognized group of scholars and researchers who provide depth of analysis and breadth of coverage. Help seeking is currently considered an important learning strategy that is linked to students' achievement goals and academic performance. This volume not only provides answers to who, why, and when learners seek help, but raises questions for readers to consider for future research. Chapters examine: *help seeking as a self-regulated learning strategy and its relationship to achievement goal theory; *help seeking in collaborative groups; *culture and help seeking in K-12 and college contexts; *help seeking and academic support services (such as academic advising centers); *help seeking in computer-based interactive learning environments; *help seeking in response to peer harassment at school; and *help seeking in non-academic settings such as the workplace. This book is intended for researchers, academic support personnel,and graduate students across the field of educational psychology, particularly those interested in student motivation and self-regulation.

Author Biography

Stuart Karabenick is a Research Scientist in the School of Education at the University of Michigan and Professor of Psychology at Eastern Michigan University. His research interests include social and cultural influences on learning and motivation, self-regulated learning, personal epistemology, achievement goal theory, and academic delay of gratification. Karabenick currently directs the Math and Science Partnership–Motivation Assessment Program at the University of Michigan and is an Associate Editor of Learning and Instruction, and co-editor of the Advances in Motivation and Achievement series.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Wilbert McKeachie
Preface	xi
Contributors	xiii
Introduction	1	(14)
Stuart A. Karabenick
An Achievement Goal Perspective on Student Help Seeking and Teacher Help Giving in the Classroom: Theory, Research, and Educational Implications	15	(30)
Ruth Butler
Help Seeking in Cooperative Learning Groups	45	(44)
Noreen M. Webb
Marsha Ing
Nicole Kersting
Kariane Mari Nemer
Helping Behaviors in Collaborative Groups in Math: A Descriptive Analysis	89	(28)
Toni M. Kempler
Elizabeth A. Linnenbrink
Help Seeking in Cultural Context	117	(34)
Simone Volet
Stuart A. Karabenick
When Is Seeking Help Appropriate? How Norms Affect Help Seeking in Organizations	151	(24)
Brian A. Sandoval
Fiona Lee
Help Seeking and the Role of Academic Advising in Higher Education	175	(28)
Louise R. Alexitch
Help Seeking in Higher Education Academic Support Services	203	(22)
William Collins
Brian C. Sims
Students' Adaptive and Nonadaptive Help Seeking in the Classroom: Implications for the Context of Peer Harassment	225	(34)
Richard S. Newman
Toward Computer-Based Tutoring of Help-Seeking Skills	259	(38)
Vincent Aleven
Bruce M. McLaren
Kenneth R. Koedinger
Implications and Future Research: Where Do We Go From Here?	297	(12)
Richard S. Newman
Author Index	309	(10)
Subject Index	319