APS
2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023
Asking Questions Decreases Math Interest
- Anine Riege
The University of Oslo - Liva Martinussen
The University of Oslo - Eyvind Briseid
OsloMet - Solfrid Storeli
OsloMet - Bodil Kleve
OsloMet - Rolf Reber
University of Oslo
Abstract
Personalization theories predict that asking questions increases interest whereas cognitive load theories predict that asking questions decreases interest. An experiment manipulating student-generated questions, teacher-generated questions or no-questions while working on course-relevant materials showed higher reported situational interest in the no-questions condition, indicating that question-asking may decrease situational interest in mathematics.
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