Online discussion forum help-seeking behaviors of students underrepresented in STEM

Victoria Jay; Genevieve M. Henricks; Carolyn Jane Anderson; Lawrence Christopher Angrave; Nigel Bosch; Destiny Williams-Dobosz; Najmuddin Shaik; Suma Pallathadka Bhat; Michelle Perry

doi:10.22318/icls2020.809

Online discussion forum help-seeking behaviors of students underrepresented in STEM

Victoria Jay
, Genevieve M. Henricks
, Carolyn Jane Anderson
, Lawrence Christopher Angrave
, Nigel Bosch
, Destiny Williams-Dobosz
, Najmuddin Shaik
, Suma Pallathadka Bhat
, Michelle Perry

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Abstract

Underrepresented (UR) students face barriers to help-seeking in traditional classrooms. We predicted these barriers would be ameliorated online. We analyzed online course discussion boards and found UR students asked for help more often than non-UR students and women were more likely than men to ask for help explicitly at least once. Furthermore, not help-seeking was related to worse course grades. These results suggest the online setting may decrease barriers to help-seeking for underrepresented students.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences
Subtitle of host publication	The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2020 - Conference Proceedings
Editors	Melissa Gresalfi, Ilana Seidel Horn
Publisher	International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
Pages	809-810
Number of pages	2
Volume	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781732467262
ISBN (Print)	9781732467255
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22318/icls2020.809
State	Published - Jun 2020
Event	International Conference of the Learning Sciences: The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences - Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States Duration: Jun 19 2020 → Jun 23 2020 Conference number: 14

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Name	Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL
Volume	2
ISSN (Print)	1573-4552

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Conference	International Conference of the Learning Sciences
Abbreviated title	ICLS 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	Nashville
Period	6/19/20 → 6/23/20

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Human-Computer Interaction
Education

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Jay, V., Henricks, G. M., Anderson, C. J., Angrave, L. C., Bosch, N., Williams-Dobosz, D., Shaik, N., Bhat, S. P., & Perry, M. (2020). Online discussion forum help-seeking behaviors of students underrepresented in STEM. In M. Gresalfi, & I. S. Horn (Eds.), 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences: The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2020 - Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2, pp. 809-810). (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL; Vol. 2). International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). https://doi.org/10.22318/icls2020.809

Online discussion forum help-seeking behaviors of students underrepresented in STEM. / Jay, Victoria; Henricks, Genevieve M.; Anderson, Carolyn Jane et al.
14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences: The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2020 - Conference Proceedings. ed. / Melissa Gresalfi; Ilana Seidel Horn. Vol. 2 International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), 2020. p. 809-810 (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL; Vol. 2).

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Jay, V, Henricks, GM, Anderson, CJ , Angrave, LC , Bosch, N, Williams-Dobosz, D, Shaik, N, Bhat, SP & Perry, M 2020, Online discussion forum help-seeking behaviors of students underrepresented in STEM. in M Gresalfi & IS Horn (eds), 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences: The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2020 - Conference Proceedings. vol. 2, Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL, vol. 2, International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), pp. 809-810, International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 6/19/20. https://doi.org/10.22318/icls2020.809

Jay V, Henricks GM, Anderson CJ , Angrave LC , Bosch N, Williams-Dobosz D et al. Online discussion forum help-seeking behaviors of students underrepresented in STEM. In Gresalfi M, Horn IS, editors, 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences: The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2020 - Conference Proceedings. Vol. 2. International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). 2020. p. 809-810. (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL). doi: 10.22318/icls2020.809

Jay, Victoria ; Henricks, Genevieve M. ; Anderson, Carolyn Jane et al. / Online discussion forum help-seeking behaviors of students underrepresented in STEM. 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences: The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2020 - Conference Proceedings. editor / Melissa Gresalfi ; Ilana Seidel Horn. Vol. 2 International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), 2020. pp. 809-810 (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL).

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