Academic orientation mediated the effect of class mean interest on subsequent individual interest in German¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2025 · checked against its sources 2026-10-23 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

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This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.

q3 i? Class academic orientation transmitted the effect of class mean interest on students' subsequent individual interest in German. → Kopatz 2025

Evidence¶

Kopatz 2025¶

Kopatz, M., Wagner, W., Neuendorf, C., Trautwein, U., Nagengast, B., and Bardach, L. (2025). Class Composition Effects in Achievement and Interest and the Role of the Learning Environment Revisited: A Conceptual Replication and Extension of Lavrijsen et al. (2022). Preprint. https://osf.io/n5xur/?view_only=48daea427ab44c9abd13b21b1e2b42f6

q3 · i? · associational · r?

The abstract reports this mediation result from multilevel models in which academic orientation (Grade 6) was modeled as a class-level mediator between class mean interest (Grade 5) and individual interest (Grade 7): "Academic orientation mediated the effect of class mean interest on subsequent individual interest in German." No effect size is printed in the available text.

"Academic orientation mediated the effect of class mean interest on subsequent individual interest in German."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Interest — outcome: instruction changes it
Motivation — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Within-class heterogeneity in achievement or interest did not directly predict outcomes, but differentiated instruction was particularly advantageous in more heterogeneous German classes — related

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