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WHAT MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS
INFLUENCE COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS’ TENDENCY TO
SEEK HELP FROM THE WRITING CENTER?
by
Leonor Vazquez
________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree of
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
August 2008
Copyright 2008 Leonor Vazquez
Object Description
| Title | What motivational factors influence community college students' tendency to seek help from the writing center? |
| Author | Vazquez, Leonor |
| Author email | levazque@usc.edu; levazque@sbcglobal.net |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-05-27 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-08-04 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Dembo, Myron |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Clark, Ginger diCesare, Deborah |
| Abstract | The purpose of this research study was to understand help-seeking tendencies in community college students by investigating motivational factors that are likely to influence help-seeking from academic support services. Specifically, this study examined the relationship between students' perceptions of academic support services, their academic achievement, and their resulting help-seeking behaviors. A sample of 238 community college students completed a 53-item survey assessing their perceptions of their classroom's goal structure; their task value; their writing self-efficacy; and their help-seeking tendencies. Specifically, this study looked at thewriting center which is an academic support service provided at their community college. Furthermore, the survey included four open-ended items to assess students' experiences with this support service. In addition to survey responses, qualitative data was gathered from students who volunteered to participate in focus groups. Results of this study showed that there was no linear relationship between the hours that students spent in the writing center and their grade point average. The reason there was no relationship between grade point average and help seeking has to do with the fact that so many students did not seek help via the writing center.; Contrary to expectations, quantitative analysis indicated that the only motivational variables which significantly predicted help seeking tendencies were classroom performance-avoidance goal structure and task value: interest. Specifically results demonstrate positive correlations between task value: interest and help seeking. Results also revealed a negative correlation between writing self-efficacy and help seeking. |
| Keyword | help seeking; motivational factors; community college writing centers |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1538 |
| Rights | Vazquez, Leonor |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Vazquez-2131 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume17/etd-Vazquez-2131.pdf |
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| Full text | WHAT MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS INFLUENCE COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS’ TENDENCY TO SEEK HELP FROM THE WRITING CENTER? by Leonor Vazquez ________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF EDUCATION August 2008 Copyright 2008 Leonor Vazquez |
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