Differential profiles of students identified by their teacher as having avoidant, appropriate, or dependent help-seeking tendencies in the classroom

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 275-285

  Ryan, Allison M ^a,c   Patrick, Helen ^b   Shim, Sung Ok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Illinois ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Classroom engagement; Help seeking; Motivation; Young adolescents

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444470400     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.97.2.275     Document Type: Article

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