Abstract

Discussion of students' effective help-seeking focuses on a study that compared the help-seeking strategies used by students identified as high achievers in courses at the Open University of Hong Kong and groups identified as low achievers. Examines gender differences in both groups based on results of questionnaires and telephone interviews. (Author/LRW)

Citation

Taplin, M., Yum, J.C.K., Jegede, O., Fan, R.Y.K. & Chan, M.S.c. (2001). Help-Seeking Strategies Used by High-Achieving and Low-Achieving Distance Education Students. The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'ducation Distance, 16(1), 56-69. Athabasca University Press. Retrieved March 20, 2023 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/94380/.

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Keywords

• academic achievement
• Comparative Analysis
• distance education
• Foreign Countries
• Gender Issues
• Help Seeking
• High Achievement
• higher education
• learning strategies
• Low Achievement
• Questionnaires
• Sex Differences