Interest and Enjoyment

By Mary D. Ainley, Suzanne Hidi. Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2014

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Process Account of Curiosity and Interest: A Reward-Learning Perspective (2018, background): “However, the role of reward processing in curiosity and interest has been somewhat overlooked in the literature of educational psychology, except for a few notable exceptions (e.g., Ainley and Hidi 2014; Hidi 2016; Renninger and Hidi 2016).”
Emotion Transmission in the Classroom Revisited: A Reciprocal Effects Model of Teacher and Student Enjoyment (2017, background): “Enjoyment is one of the most relevant and frequently experienced discrete emotions for both teachers and learners in classroom learning contexts (Ainley & Hidi, 2014; Frenzel, 2014).”
Beyond cold technology: A systematic review and meta-analysis on emotions in technology-based learning environments (2018, background): “In line with current interest theories (Ainley & Hidi, 2014; Silvia, 2008), interest was included in the ‘curiosity/interest’ category only if it was operationalized as a state-level experience within a single learning session (i.e., situational interest).”