In Study 2we also informed participants about a topic they were
going to study (i.e., coastal erosion in Singapore) and measured
both students’ self-reported knowledge about this topic and their
situational interest.We then presented them with a coastal-erosion
problem and recorded their self-reported knowledge and situational
interest again. In line with the findings of Study 1, this study
demonstrated that students who perceive the largest knowledge
gap after introduction of the problem showed the largest increase
in situational interest. The result of the second study suggests that
participants have to be consciously aware that a gap exists between
what they know and what they need to know to understand the
problem-at-hand, to provoke situational interest.
In Study 3, the trade-off between situational interest and
knowledge acquisition was investigated over the duration of three
lessons in a natural classroom setting. At the beginning of the first
lesson, participants were informed about the topic (i.e., the
conquest of Singapore) and instructed to complete a first situational
interest measure followed by a first concept recall test to measure
their level of knowledge about the topic. Then, the conquest-of-
Singapore problem was presented and participants responded
again to the situational interest measure. During the second lesson,
participants engaged in individual self-study to find out more about
the topic. The third administration of the situational interest measure
was at the end of this lesson together with the second concept
recall test. Finally, both the situational interest measure and concept
recall test were administered at the end of the third lesson, after
participants had consolidated their findings with their peers.
The results of the third study confirmed and extended the findings
fromthe first two studies. Initially, when the problemwas presented,
participants responded with a significant increase in situational interest.
Subsequently however, while participants gained knowledge
during a self-study and a consolidation phase, their situational interest
in the topic decreased significantly. This outcome supports the
idea that situational interest emerges from lack of knowledge and
disappears when sufficient new knowledge is acquired
In Study 2we also informed participants about a topic they were
going to study (i.e., coastal erosion in Singapore) and measured
both students’ self-reported knowledge about this topic and their
situational interest.We then presented them with a coastal-erosion
problem and recorded their self-reported knowledge and situational
interest again. In line with the findings of Study 1, this study
demonstrated that students who perceive the largest knowledge
gap after introduction of the problem showed the largest increase
in situational interest. The result of the second study suggests that
participants have to be consciously aware that a gap exists between
what they know and what they need to know to understand the
problem-at-hand, to provoke situational interest.
In Study 3, the trade-off between situational interest and
knowledge acquisition was investigated over the duration of three
lessons in a natural classroom setting. At the beginning of the first
lesson, participants were informed about the topic (i.e., the
conquest of Singapore) and instructed to complete a first situational
interest measure followed by a first concept recall test to measure
their level of knowledge about the topic. Then, the conquest-of-
Singapore problem was presented and participants responded
again to the situational interest measure. During the second lesson,
participants engaged in individual self-study to find out more about
the topic. The third administration of the situational interest measure
was at the end of this lesson together with the second concept
recall test. Finally, both the situational interest measure and concept
recall test were administered at the end of the third lesson, after
participants had consolidated their findings with their peers.
The results of the third study confirmed and extended the findings
fromthe first two studies. Initially, when the problemwas presented,
participants responded with a significant increase in situational interest.
Subsequently however, while participants gained knowledge
during a self-study and a consolidation phase, their situational interest
in the topic decreased significantly. This outcome supports the
idea that situational interest emerges from lack of knowledge and
disappears when sufficient new knowledge is acquired
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