Confusion+frustration and curiosity+engagement were the only affective state pairs co-occurring above chance, and within each pair one state was more likely to imply the other¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q3
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Subclaims¶

q3 i? Only the confusion+frustration and curiosity+engagement pairs occurred above chance (Lift>1) among frequently reported states. → Bosch 2017 q3 i? Confusion was more likely to imply frustration than vice versa, and curiosity was more likely to imply engagement than vice versa (both p<.001). → Bosch 2017 (2)

Evidence¶

Bosch 2017¶

Bosch, N., & D'Mello, S. (2017). The Affective Experience of Novice Computer Programmers. Int J Artif Intell Educ. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-015-0069-5

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Association rule (Lift) analysis of 1303 primary-secondary affect pairs from 46 students who made at least 10 secondary judgments; the article reports only "confusion + frustration and curiosity + engagement" exceeded chance co-occurrence.

"Only the confusion + frustration and curiosity + engagement affective state pairs occurred at levels above what was expected by chance (Lift=1)."

Bosch 2017 (2)¶

Bosch, N., & D'Mello, S. (2017). The Affective Experience of Novice Computer Programmers. Int J Artif Intell Educ. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-015-0069-5

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Paired-samples t-tests comparing confidence values for both orderings of the two co-occurring pairs (Table 4; e.g., frustration→confusion .672 vs confusion→frustration .419); the article reports asymmetric implication within each pair.

"Specifically, confusion was more likely to imply frustration than vice versa (p<.001) and curiosity was more likely to imply engagement than vice versa ( p<.0 01)."

Discussion¶

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