“Strained and Strange”: Second-Year University Students' Help-Seeking Strategies
Second-year university students often experience a disconnection with their learning and may feel unmotivated, lack confidence, and are unprepared for the higher expectations and complex concepts of their courses. Their disconnection with their learning can be addressed through deepening the social...
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| author | Lynnae Venaruzzo Negin Mirriahi Oleksandra Poquet Shane Dawson |
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| description | Second-year university students often experience a disconnection with their learning and may feel unmotivated, lack confidence, and are unprepared for the higher expectations and complex concepts of their courses. Their disconnection with their learning can be addressed through deepening the social connections between other second-year students, and instructors providing encouragement to seek help in their learning when they need it. There is scant research that examines the peer-interactions between second-years and how their interactions influence their help-seeking behaviours. This article focuses on the interactions and help-seeking behaviours of 26 students from a major metropolitan Australian university in 2021. Results show that peer interaction is highly valued by students but not easily facilitated, and the relationship between students and their instructor is foundational for future help-seeking behaviours. Implications for practice are also presented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-16bf41bfd2bf42b69e2b45f458c89b752024-02-27T21:55:00ZengQueensland University of TechnologyStudent Success2205-07952024-02-0115111010.5204/ssj.30083331“Strained and Strange”: Second-Year University Students' Help-Seeking StrategiesLynnae Venaruzzo0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4354-9485Negin Mirriahi1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4139-3149Oleksandra Poquet2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9782-816XShane Dawson3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2435-2193Western Sydney UniversityUniversity of South AustraliaUniversity of South AustraliaUniversity of South AustraliaSecond-year university students often experience a disconnection with their learning and may feel unmotivated, lack confidence, and are unprepared for the higher expectations and complex concepts of their courses. Their disconnection with their learning can be addressed through deepening the social connections between other second-year students, and instructors providing encouragement to seek help in their learning when they need it. There is scant research that examines the peer-interactions between second-years and how their interactions influence their help-seeking behaviours. This article focuses on the interactions and help-seeking behaviours of 26 students from a major metropolitan Australian university in 2021. Results show that peer interaction is highly valued by students but not easily facilitated, and the relationship between students and their instructor is foundational for future help-seeking behaviours. Implications for practice are also presented.https://studentsuccessjournal.org/article/view/3008self-regulated learninghelp-seekingqualitative researchsecond-year students |
| spellingShingle | Lynnae Venaruzzo Negin Mirriahi Oleksandra Poquet Shane Dawson “Strained and Strange”: Second-Year University Students' Help-Seeking Strategies Student Success self-regulated learning help-seeking qualitative research second-year students |
| title | “Strained and Strange”: Second-Year University Students' Help-Seeking Strategies |
| title_full | “Strained and Strange”: Second-Year University Students' Help-Seeking Strategies |
| title_fullStr | “Strained and Strange”: Second-Year University Students' Help-Seeking Strategies |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Strained and Strange”: Second-Year University Students' Help-Seeking Strategies |
| title_short | “Strained and Strange”: Second-Year University Students' Help-Seeking Strategies |
| title_sort | strained and strange second year university students help seeking strategies |
| topic | self-regulated learning help-seeking qualitative research second-year students |
| url | https://studentsuccessjournal.org/article/view/3008 |
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