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Peer reviewedWolk, Stephen; DuCette, Joseph – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1974
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Attention, Cognitive Processes, Incidental Learning
Download full textSchiefele, Ulrich; And Others – 1988
A theory of interest is presented, with comments on the assessment of interest in a student. The concept of interest as an affective state, elicited by certain characteristics of the material, is not sufficient, since situational factors do not seem solely responsible for making information more interesting. The educational interest theory here…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Theories, Intentional Learning, Interest Research
