How individual interest influences situational interest and how both are related to knowledge acquisition: a microanalytical investigation

• Main Authors: Rotgans, Jerome Ingmar, Schmidt, Henk G.
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Individual Interest; Active Learning
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89515; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44924
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The extent to which a student experiences situational interest during a learning task is dependent on at least two factors: (1) external stimuli in the learning environment that arouse interest and (2) internal dispositions, such as individual interest. The objective of the present study was to dise...