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WHAT MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS INFLUENCE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
STUDENTS’ TENDENCY TO SEEK HELP THROUGH MATH TUTORING?
by
Chung-Yin Teresa Lai
____________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
August 2008
Copyright 2008 Chung-Yin Teresa Lai
Object Description
| Title | What motivational factors influence community college students' tendency to seek help through math tutoring? |
| Author | Lai, Chung-Yin Teresa |
| Author email | chungyil@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-04-04 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-06-15 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Dembo, Myron H. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Shin, Luz Clark, Ginger |
| Abstract | The purpose of the current study was to examine predictor variables that might help explain the students ' lack of proficiency in mathematics at a community college. Particularly, this study scrutinized the degree to which personal goal orientation, classroom goal structure, task value, and math self-efficacy, influenced the extent of help seeking behaviors via math tutoring, and how help seeking related to math achievement. A sample of 304 students enrolled in 25 sections of a prerequisite math course at a community college participated in the study. Statistical analyses revealed that students ' attainment value and math self-efficacy influenced help seeking behaviors. Together, the attainment value and math self-efficacy accounted for approximately three percent of the variance in help seeking. However, results showed no significant relationship between help seeking and achievement. |
| Keyword | help-seeking |
| 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 |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1272 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Lai, Chung-Yin Teresa |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Lai-20080615 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume29/etd-Lai-20080615.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | WHAT MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS INFLUENCE COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS’ TENDENCY TO SEEK HELP THROUGH MATH TUTORING? by Chung-Yin Teresa Lai ____________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION August 2008 Copyright 2008 Chung-Yin Teresa Lai |
