ERIC Number: EJ816086
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Dec
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0266-4909
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Mathematics Motivation and Achievement as Predictors of High School Students' Guessing and Help-Seeking with Instructional Software
Beal, C. R.; Qu, L.; Lee, H.
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, v24 n6 p507-514 Dec 2008
The study was conducted to investigate the relation of adolescent students' mathematics motivation and achievement to their appropriate help-seeking and inappropriate guessing behaviour while using instructional software. High school students (n = 90) completed brief assessments of mathematics motivation and then worked with software for geometry instruction. Students' actions with the software were machine-classified to identify instances of appropriate help-seeking and inappropriate guessing. Mathematics teachers provided information about students' achievement (high, average or at risk of failing math class). Results indicated that students with low math self-concept were most likely to engage in inappropriate guessing behaviour. Students with low math achievement were most likely to engage in appropriate help-seeking while working with the software.
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Student Motivation, Courseware, Mathematics Teachers, High School Students, Help Seeking, Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, Self Concept, Predictor Variables, Correlation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Guessing (Tests)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; High Schools
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Language: English
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305H050052
IES Cited: ED560919