A Cross-Cultural Study of Autonomy, Help-Seeking, and Study Aids and Their Relationships

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Abstract

The primary purpose of the current study is to examine the structural relationships among student autonomy, help-seeking, and study aids. In addition, the model evaluates the extent to which these relationships hold across different cultural groups. Multi-group structural equation modeling method was used for the current study. The results showed that student autonomy had different effects on the types of help-seeking, and those relationships were different across cultural groups. In addition, using study aids for their learning depended on what type of help-seeking the students used. The study implicates that different types of help-seeking had a different effect on each of study aids. In addition, seeking help in a learning context has different patterns for each cultural group.

Authors

• Jaehak Jung, Texas State University

• Hwa Young Lee, The University of Texas - Austin