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How Situational Is Situational Interest? Investigating the Longitudinal Structure of Situational Interest

open access: yesContemporary Educational Psychology, 2015
Interest theory adopts a person-in-context perspective. In this view, a momentary experience of interest is shaped by environmental circumstances and stable personal preferences. According to the Four-Phase Model of Interest Development, environmental factors are important in defining the concept of situational interest (SI).
Doris Lewalter   +2 more
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Situational Interest and Learning: Thirst for Knowledge

open access: yesLearning and Instruction, 2014
The objective of the three studies presented here was to investigate how situational interest is related to knowledge acquisition. Situational interest is construed as a motivational response to a perceived knowledge deficit. It is triggered in situations where this knowledge deficit becomes manifest, such as in the confrontation with a problem.
Henk G Schmidt, Jerome I Rotgans
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Mindfulness and situational interest

open access: yesEducational Psychology, 2019
In an attempt to exploit the concept of mindfulness for educational contexts, we investigated the role of dispositional mindfulness as an internal resource for the development of situational intere...
Axel Grund   +4 more
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Increasing Situational Interest in the Classroom

Educational Psychology Review, 2001
This paper explores three ways to increase situational interest in the classroom. Situational interest is defined as temporary interest that arises spontaneously due to environmental factors such as task instructions or an engaging text. We review the history of interest research and summarize recent empirical work.
Terri Flowerday   +2 more
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How Situational Interest Affects Individual Interest in a STEAM Competition

International Journal of Science Education, 2019
ABSTRACTInterest in educational research can be categorised into situational interest (SI) and individual interest (II); the sequential phases of interest development for learning have long been re...
Kai-hsin Tai   +2 more
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Measuring Situational Interest in Academic Domains

Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2010
Three studies were conducted to develop and validate scores on a new measure appropriate for assessing adolescents’ situational interest (SI) across various academic settings. In Study 1 ( n = 858), a self-report questionnaire was administered to undergraduates in introductory psychology.
AnneMarie M Conley   +2 more
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The Role of Teachers in Facilitating Situational Interest in an Active-Learning Classroom

open access: yesTeaching and Teacher Education, 2011
The study sought to explore whether interactional teacher characteristics such as social congruence, subject-matter expertise, and cognitive congruence increase situational interest in students.
Henk G Schmidt, Jerome I Rotgans
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Situational Interest and Academic Achievement in the Active-Learning Classroom

open access: yesLearning and Instruction, 2011
The aim of the present study was to investigate how situational interest develops over time and how it is related to academic achievement in an active-learning classroom.
Henk G Schmidt, Jerome I Rotgans
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Enhancing situational interest in pediatrics

Medical Teacher, 2012
Individual interest, something that persists regardless of the situation, and situational interest, finding personal value in an educational context, have not been studied in medical student education.To determine if individualized case discussions enhance interest in pediatric medicine.During the 2008/2009 academic year, 88 clerkship students ...
Gary L, Beck   +2 more
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Exploring Situational Interest Sources in the French Physical Education Context [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Physical Education Review, 2018
Based on the framework of interest, studies have shown that situational interest possesses strong motivation potential for students in physical education.
Cédric Roure, Denis Pasco
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