ERIC Number: EJ1260310
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 11
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Effects of Student Help-Seeking Behaviors on Student Mathematics Achievement
Osborne, Michael C.; Ma, Xin
Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College, v11 n1 p21-31 Spr 2020
Using the nationally representative sample from the United States in the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (N = 7,429 students from 240 schools), the present study examined the effects of student help-seeking behaviors on eight measures of student mathematics achievement. To account for the multilevel structure of the data with students nested within schools (i.e., students attending different schools), a two-level hierarchical linear model was used in the data analysis. Student help-seeking behaviors showed statistically significant positive effects on all eight measures of mathematics achievement, even after controlling for student characteristics and school characteristics. Furthermore, for all eight measures of mathematics achievement, the positive effects of student help-seeking behaviors on student mathematics achievement are independent of which schools students attend.
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Mathematics Achievement, Student Characteristics, International Assessment, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries, Institutional Characteristics, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Mathematics Instruction
Program in Mathematics and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University. 525 West 120th Street Box 210-M, New York, NY 10027. Web site: https://jmetc.columbia.edu/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Program for International Student Assessment
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