Does Help Help or Hurt? Perseverance and Persistence in Problem Solving Tasks
Abstract
Persistence is believed to be a predictor of success in academic undertakings and in many professions. Research on self-efficacy indicates that incorporating certain features in learning environments can encourage task persistence. Past research also suggests that under some conditions individuals who perform high effort tasks generalize that high level of effort to other tasks. The proposed research will examine the relationship between persistence and help. The research aims to address the question: Can help be harmful in some situations? More specifically, does using help undermine task persistence in learners? This Early Career project seeks to investigate this phenomenon in different contexts to determine whether or not findings are generalizable across different types of problem-solving activities and suggest how to design formal and informal learning environments, including those for military training contexts, to nurture persistence.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 12, 2017
- Source ID
- W911NF1610190
Entities
People
- Shuchi Grover
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- SRI International
- United States Army