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Situational interest: Its multifaceted structure in the secondary school mathematics classroom.
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In this paper, the tenability of a hypothetical construct of interest as it applies to the secondary mathematics classroom was proposed and empirically assessed, and the results indicate that it is useful to distinguish between personal and situational interest.Abstract:
The present study attempted to tackle a hurdle that continues to plague the research on interest: the lack of an adequate theoretical model. In particular, the tenability of a hypothetical construct of interest as it applies to the secondary mathematics classroom was proposed and empirically assessed. Building on previous theoretical work, the study used qualitative and quantitative methodologies to first develop a model and then assess its construct validity. The results indicate that it is useful to distinguish between personal and situational interest. Furthermore, the results indicate that the structure of situational interest is multifaceted, clarifying 5 subfacets of situational interest in the high school mathematics classroomread more
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Interest and Emotions in Science Education
TL;DR: In this paper, the role of interest and feelings in science education has been investigated, with special emphasis on feelings, and it is shown that learning science can be a facilitator for developing interest.
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Interested In Class, But Not In The Hallway: A Latent Class Analysis (LCA) of CS4All Student Surveys
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Early experience with computer-supported collaborative exercises for a 2 nd semester Java class
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