University Students' Online Academic Help Seeking: The Role of Self-Regulation and Information Commitments

Autor/inn/en	Cheng, Kun-Hung; Liang, Jyh-Chong; Tsai, Chin-Chung
Titel	University Students' Online Academic Help Seeking: The Role of Self-Regulation and Information Commitments
Quelle	In: Internet and Higher Education, 16 (2013), S.70-77 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1096-7516
DOI	10.1016/j.iheduc.2012.02.002
Schlagwörter	Help Seeking; Foreign Countries; Learning Strategies; Self Control; Self Management; College Students; Higher Education; Student Attitudes; Measures (Individuals); Predictor Variables; Questionnaires; Student Behavior; Academic Achievement; Information Seeking; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Ausland; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Selbstbeherrschung; Selbstmanagement; Collegestudent; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Schülerverhalten; Messdaten; Prädiktor; Fragebogen; Student behaviour; Schulleistung; Informationserschließung
Abstract	Students' online academic help seeking (OAHS) can be facilitated by the aid of technology, but improvement in OAHS may also involve personal variables such as self-regulated learning (SRL), and "information commitments" (ICs), which are evaluative standards and strategies of online information. Accordingly, three instruments--an OAHS, an SRL, and an ICs questionnaire--were adopted to explore the role of SRL and ICs in the OAHS of 328 university students in Taiwan. The results verify that the students' perceived SRL mediates the relationships between their perceptions of their ICs and OAHS to some degree. The enhancement of learners' SRL may encourage their use of sophisticated ICs when involved in OAHS. When the students made informal OAHS queries, however, they tended to use less sophisticated strategies, and the significance of their perceived SRL was not apparent. This study contributes to a better understanding of university students' online academic help seeking. (Contains 6 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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