Motivational facilitators and barriers of adaptive academic help-seeking: A systematic review

Pages: 324-333
Sreeparna Chowdhury (Syamaprasad Institute of Education and Training, Kolkata, West Bengal)
Santoshi Halder (Department of Education, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal)

A systematic review was conducted to examine motivation related facilitators and barriers to adaptive academic help-seeking among learners. The review included 31 studies dealing with both adaptive and maladaptive help-seeking behaviour. The motivational facilitators and Barriers to adaptive academic help-seeking included goal orientation, self-perception, attitude and beliefs, academic achievement, interpersonal/social relations and teacher behaviour. Significant gaps were identified where more methodologically sound researches are needed. Strategies for developing appropriate, healthy and active help-seeking strategies were discussed in order to effectively promote better quality of learning.