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ERIC Number: EJ509337
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Effects of Task and Ego Achievement Goals on Help-Seeking Behaviors and Attitudes.
Butler, Ruth; Neuman, Orna
Journal of Educational Psychology, v87 n2 p261-71 Jun 1995
Israeli 2nd and 6th graders (n=159) working puzzles in task or ego goal conditions were more likely to request help and to explain help avoidance as motivated by effort toward independent mastery in the task-focus condition. Results clarify the role of motivational factors in academic help seeking. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Behavior Patterns, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Goal Orientation, Grade 2, Grade 6, Help Seeking, Self Concept, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Israel; Task Goal Attitudes