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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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A case study on exploring the motivation and engagement of the less academically inclined students in a specialised school in Singapore
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Development and evaluation of the mathematics interest inventory
Tara Stevens,Arturo Olivarez +1 more
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The role of relevance in future teachers’ utility value and interest toward technology
Ugur Kale,Mete Akcaoglu +1 more
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Report from the working group modelling and applications - differentiating perspectives and delineating commonalties
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Motivating Students in Classrooms
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present guidelines about how teachers can respond to these challenges and encourage motivation to learn by establishing their classes as collaborative learning communities, supporting their students' confidence as learners, and helping them to appreciate curricular content as worth learning and applicable to their lives outside of school.
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Significance tests and goodness of fit in the analysis of covariance structures
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How We Think
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