scispace - formally typeset
Open AccessJournal ArticleDOI

Research on Interest in Science: Theories, methods, and findings

Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
This paper presented an overview of interest research and described the theoretical and methodological background for the assessment of interest in science in large-scale assessments like the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).
Abstract
This article presents an overview of interest research and describes the theoretical and methodological background for the assessment of interest in science in large‐scale assessments like the ‘Programme for International Student Assessment’ (PISA). The paper starts with a short retrospective on the history of interest, bringing out theoretical roots that help to understand recent discussions on interest in science education. As interest is a widely used concept with manifold facets, it is essential to discuss different ways of modelling the relationship between a person and a comprehensive object like science with all of its different aspects, including wide ranges of content as well as contexts. Models that can be used for describing the content structure of science interest and the process of interest development are presented. Based on an overview of typical methods for assessing interests, exemplary findings on students’ interest in science are presented, which play an important role in the current s...

read more

Citations
More filters
Book ChapterDOI

Mind and Society

TL;DR: In the process of elucidating Spencer's First Principles and the cosmic theory of evolution, it has proved helpful already to touch on his treatment of social life in that general context.
Journal ArticleDOI

Revisiting the Conceptualization, Measurement, and Generation of Interest

TL;DR: The authors provide an overview of recent interest research, focusing on the conceptualization, measurement, and generation of interest, including work that reflects differing theoretical backgrounds, research traditions, domains, and participants.
Journal ArticleDOI

Interest, motivation and attitude towards science and technology at K-12 levels: a systematic review of 12 years of educational research

TL;DR: In this article, a synthetic and systematic description of 228 research articles that were published between 2000 and 2012 and indexed in the ERIC database under I/M/A for S&T at K-12 levels is presented.
Journal ArticleDOI

The meaning of ‘relevance’ in science education and its implications for the science curriculum

TL;DR: A review of the literature clearly reveals that the term relevance is used with widely variant meanings and suggests an advanced organisational scheme for the term "relevance" and provides helpful suggestions for its use in the field of the science curriculum.
Journal ArticleDOI

Vocational Interests of Men and Women

TL;DR: Self-twist yarn strands are produced by a system wherein at least two singles yarn strands were individually twisted to form twisted strands each having longitudinally spaced nodes, and strands are brought together in a parallel relationship with the nodes of one strand substantially aligned with the vertices of each other strand as discussed by the authors.
References
More filters
Book

Beyond boredom and anxiety

TL;DR: Theoretical models for enjoyment have been used in the 25th anniversary edition of the first edition of as discussed by the authors, with a focus on the rewards of car activities. But they do not consider the effects of flow deprivation.
Journal ArticleDOI

Self-Efficacy: An Essential Motive to Learn.

TL;DR: Researchers have succeeded in verifying its discriminant validity as well as convergent validity in predicting common motivational outcomes, such as students' activity choices, effort, persistence, and emotional reactions.
Related Papers (5)
Trending Questions (2)
What is the full overview of the current research on the topic of interest?

The paper provides an overview of interest research, including theoretical and methodological background for assessing interest in science in large-scale assessments like PISA.

What is the background of research on the topic of interest?

The paper provides a short retrospective on the history of interest, discussing theoretical roots that help understand recent discussions on interest in science education.