Situational Interest: A Review of the Literature and Directions for Future Research

By Gregory Schraw, S. Lehman. 2001

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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Measuring Situational Interest in Academic Domains (2010, methodology): “…and Psychological Measurement 70(4) Early research on the effects of situational factors on student interest focused on textbased interest, with an examination of how specific features of text predicted students’ interest and engagement while reading (see Schraw & Lehman, 2001 for a review).”
Who Benefits from Diagrams and Illustrations in Math Problems? Ability and Attitudes Matter (2018, background): “A few other studies have yielded mixed or null effects of seductive details (e.g., Chang & Choi, 2014; Schraw, 1998; Schraw & Lehman, 2001); however, the majority of findings in the literature indicate that seductive details are negative.”
The influence of students’ cognitive and motivational variables in respect of cognitive conflict and conceptual change (2005, methodology): “Second, the innate interest induced by discrepant events (Chiappetta, 1997 ; Frick, 1992 ; Yarlas & Gelman, 1998 ) might influence students’ performance in concept learning (see Schraw & Lehman, [ 2001 ] for a review).”
The effect of humorous instructional materials on interest in a math task (2010, background): “A short-term state of focused attention and affective engagement, situational interest is brought about by stimuli in the environment (Hidi and Renninger 2006; Schraw and Lehman 2001 ).”
Disentangling Curiosity: Dimensionality, Definitions, and Distinctions from Interest in Educational Contexts (2014, background): “Situational interest is defined by feelings of enjoyment accompanied by momentary arousal or attention sparked by features of the environment (Hidi 1990; Schraw and 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).”
Measuring Engagement in eHealth and mHealth Behavior Change Interventions: Viewpoint of Methodologies (2018, background): “engagement in a cognitive activity that affects the use of specific learning strategies and how we allocate attention [15,16].”
How K-12 teachers can put self-determination theory principles into practice (2009, background): “For instance, engage ment is higher when teachers offer lessons built around students’ interests (Schraw and Lehman, 2001), autonomy (Reeve and Jang, 2006), com petence (Ryan and Grolnick, 1986), relatedness (Furrer and Skinner, 2003), preferences (Halusic and Reeve, 2009), sense of challenge (Cliff”
Students' Classroom Engagement Produces Longitudinal Changes in Classroom Motivation. (2014, background): “…instance, are both reliable forerunners to later gains in students’ effort (behavioral engagement), enthusiasm (emotional engagement), strategic thinking (cognitive engagement), and proactive contributions into the learning environment (agentic engagement) (Bandura, 1997; Schraw & Lehman, 2001).”
What makes lessons interesting?: The role of situational and individual factors in three school subjects (2008, background): “Several interest researchers have used the term situational interest to refer to the psychological state of interest (e.g., Hidi & Anderson, 1992; Schraw & Lehman, 2001).”