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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 27-41 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Zeitschrift fur Entwicklungspsychologie und Padagogische Psychologie |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2021 |
Abstract
Feeling excluded by fellow students may be associated with lower levels of adaptive help-seeking. In a cross-sectional study, we compared self-reported help-seeking strategies (autonomy-oriented, dependency-oriented, help-seeking avoidance) among N = 418 students in 25 seminar and tutorial groups in the undergraduate introductory courses of two subject domains: computer science and education. Analyses showed that, overall, students reported lower autonomy-oriented help-seeking and higher help-seeking avoidance in computer science than in education. In computer science, perceived peer exclusion predicted more help-seeking avoidance among both male and female students and less autonomy-oriented help-seeking among females. In education, however, perceived peer exclusion was a significant predictor of both male and female students' lower autonomy-oriented help-seeking. Results suggest that, in computer science, help-seeking appears to have an "image problem" signaling competence-related inferiority rather than being a form of effective selfregulated learning. Implications for enhancing adaptive help exchange cultures in computer science are discussed.
Keywords
- computer science, education, help-seeking, higher education, social and academic exclusion
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Education
- Psychology(all)
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
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In: Zeitschrift fur Entwicklungspsychologie und Padagogische Psychologie, Vol. 53, No. 1-2, 01.2021, p. 27-41.
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