ERIC Number: EJ1035329
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 25
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0973
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The Influence of Achievement Goal Orientations and Task Concreteness on Situational Interest
Tapola, Anna; Jaakkola, Tomi; Niemivirta, Markku
Journal of Experimental Education, v82 n4 p455-479 2014
This study investigated changes in elementary school students' (n = 140) situational interest as a function of achievement goal orientation profiles and task characteristics. The authors repeatedly measured situational interest during a simulated science learning task in 2 task conditions that differed in the concreteness of the task elements. The authors identified 3 groups of students with different goal orientation profiles: success-, mastery-, and avoidance-oriented. Results of repeated-measures analysis of covariance showed that students with different profiles displayed different patterns of changes in situational interest in the 2 task conditions. The results confirmed the importance of acknowledging the interaction of student and task characteristics in the arousal and maintenance of situational interest across a learning task.
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Goal Orientation, Computer Simulation, Science Instruction, Science Interests, Student Motivation, Factor Analysis, Pretests Posttests, Equipment, Mastery Learning, Learning Processes, Situational Tests, Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Statistical Analysis, Gender Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Grade 5; Grade 6
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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