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Situational Interest

Situational Interest is an academic construct within the study of student motivation that refers to a transient state of interest triggered by specific, external characteristics of a learning environment or task, distinguishing it from individual, enduring dispositions toward interest in a subject.

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524

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2017–2026

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The Four-Phase Model of Interest Development

Suzanne Hidi, K. Ann Renninger · Educational Psychologist · 2006 · 4.5K citations

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Motivating the Academically Unmotivated: A Critical Issue for the 21st Century

Suzanne Hidi, Judith M. Harackiewicz · Review of Educational Research · 2000 · 1.6K citations

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Interest, learning, and the psychological processes that mediate their relationship.

Mary Ainley, Suzanne Hidi, Dagmar Berndorff · Journal of Educational Psychology · 2002 · 1.1K citations

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Situational interest: Its multifaceted structure in the secondary school mathematics classroom.

Mathew Mitchell · Journal of Educational Psychology · 1993 · 866 citations

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Research on Interest in Science: Theories, methods, and findings

Andreas Krapp, Manfred Prenzel · International Journal of Science Education · 2011 · 812 citations · Full text

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Authors

524

  1. AC
    Ang Chen

    University of North Carolina at Greensboro, United States

    12 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. JM
    Judith M. Harackiewicz

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    10 publications · 4.8K citations

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  3. CR
    Cédric Roure

    Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France

    9 publications · 360 citations

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  4. HS
    Haichun Sun

    University of South Florida, United States

    8 publications · 603 citations

    8

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  5. XZ
    Xihe Zhu

    Old Dominion University, United States

    7 publications · 270 citations

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Institutions

245

  1. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    9 h-index

    20 publications

    3.4K citations

  2. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    9 h-index

    15 publications

    5.1K citations

  3. University of South Florida

    Tampa, United States

    9 h-index

    9 publications

    665 citations

  4. University of North Carolina at Greensboro

    Greensboro, United States

    8 h-index

    20 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    8 h-index

    25 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. UCLouvain

    Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    314 citations

  7. Erasmus University Rotterdam

    Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. University of Turku

    Turku, Finland

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    766 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Educational Psychology

    13 publications · 4.8K citations

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  2. International Journal of Science Education

    IJSE · 12 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. Learning and Instruction

    7 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

    RQES · 7 publications · 483 citations

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  5. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education

    JTPE · 6 publications · 259 citations

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