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ERIC Number: EJ442296
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Children's Help-Seeking in the Classroom: The Role of Motivational Factors and Attitudes.
Newman, Richard S.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v82 n1 p71-80 Mar 1990
Characteristics related to help-seeking (perceived competence, motivational orientation, attitudes and beliefs, and age) were examined for 177 children in grades 3, 5, and 7. By grade seven, positive and negative attitudes were influential. Developmental and individual difference factors are discussed in connection with help-seeking and academic achievement. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Beliefs, Child Development, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Testing, Competence, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 5, Grade 7, Help Seeking, Instructional Program Divisions, Middle Schools, Questionnaires, Structural Equation Models, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Intrinsic Extrinsic Classroom Orientation
Note: Special section with title "Motivation and Efficacy in Education: Research and New Directions." Portions of this paper were presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Educational Research Association (San Francisco, CA, March 27-31, 1989) and the Society for Research in Child Development (Kansas City, MO, April 20-22, 1989).