Increasing Situational Interest in the Classroom

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Students’ Adaptation of Study Strategies When Preparing for Classroom Tests (2007, background): “Task demands and personal study goals may coincide, for instance when the students’ interest is caught or met by the content that they are required to study (Hodgson, 1997; Schraw, Flowerday, & Lehman, 2001 ).”
Secondary school students' interests, attitudes and values concerning school science related to environmental issues in Finland (2011, background): “However, situational interest is aroused as a function of the interestingness of the event or object and it is also changeable and partially under the control of teachers (Schraw, Flowerday, and Lehman 2001 ).”
Foundations of Game-Based Learning (2015, background): “Situational interest is an immediate affective response to an activity, resulting in learners’ directing of their attention to the task (Hidi, 1990; Hidi & Renninger, 2006; Mitchell, 1993; Rotgans & Schmidt, 2011; Schraw, Flowerday, & Lehman, 2001).”
Situational interest and learning: Thirst for knowledge (2014, background): “…the task and the result of this is learning (Ainley, Hidi, & Berndorff, 2002; Durik & Harackiewicz, 2007; Harackiewicz, Durik, Barron, Linnenbrink-Garcia, & Tauer, 2008; Hidi, 2006; Hidi & Renninger, 2006; Schraw & Lehman, 2001; Schraw, Bruning, & Svoboda, 1995; Schraw et al., 2001; Tobias, 1994).”