Not All Avoidance-Help Seekers Are Created Equal: Differences in Adaptive and Executive Help Seeking Among Teacher Candidates

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Abstract

This study examined teacher candidates’ use of help-seeking strategies in relation to preparation for a New York State teacher certification assessment of basic skills, the Liberal Arts and Sciences Test (LAST). Cluster and discriminant analyses reveal three kinds of help seekers. Cluster 1 (avoidance-executive help seekers) are students with a moderate avoidance and executive help seeking tendencies. Cluster 2 (adaptive help seekers) are students with a high adaptive and benefits help seeking tendencies but with low executive and avoidance help seeking tendencies. Cluster 3 (avoidance-adaptive help seekers) are students with avoidance help seeking but low in executive and high in adaptive help seeking. Not all avoidance help seekers are equal. Adaptive and executive help seeking strategies differentiate these teacher candidates

Authors

• Marie Catherine White, Nyack College

• Hefer Bembenutty, Queens College - CUNY