No significant impact of frustration or boredom (or anxiousness, discouragement, distractedness) on practice performance was found¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Unlike prior work by Baker et al., the model found no significant impact of frustration or boredom, nor of anxiousness, discouragement, or distractedness, on future performance during practice. → Maass 2016

Evidence¶

Maass 2016¶

Maass, J.K. and Pavlik Jr., P.I. (2016). Modeling the Influence of Format and Depth during Effortful Retrieval Practice. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Educational Data Mining. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED592715

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Exploratory affect modeling in the PFA-based regression: six affects were rated on 5-point Likert items before and after practice; only confusion improved model fit. The authors state the affect work "was meant to serve only as an exploration of affect during retrieval practice".

"Unlike previous work by Baker, et. al., [2] we did not find any significant impact of frustration or boredom"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Affect Regulation — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
• Achievement Emotions — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

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