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Berweger, Belinda; Kracke, Bärbel; Dietrich, Julia – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
Learning processes that involve cognitive incongruity are closely tied to emotional experiences such as curiosity or confusion. The present study examined how discovering that a confidently held misconception is incorrect influences emotions and in turn the motivation to seek additional information. We asked 275 preservice teachers to judge if…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Epistemology, Psychological Patterns, Academic Achievement
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Kücherer, Benjamin; Dresel, Markus; Daumiller, Martin – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2021
Purpose: Professional training courses play an important role for higher education instructors and their teaching quality. However, participants strongly differ in how much they learn in these courses. The present study seeks to explain these differences by focusing on attention as a central aspect of their behavioral engagement that can stem from…
Descriptors: Correlation, Achievement Need, Goal Orientation, Attention