Individual interest is a stable positive predictor of academic achievement, while seductive details harm recall and transfer¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r2 · q2–q3 · i1–i2
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i2 Individual interest correlates with academic achievement (mean r = .31 in K-12 studies; smaller within-country correlations in PISA data). → Detlef Urhahne · Lisette Wijnia 2023 q2 i1 Seductive details (interesting but irrelevant information) show an average negative effect of g = −.33 on recall or transfer. → Detlef Urhahne · Lisette Wijnia 2023 (2)

Evidence¶

Detlef Urhahne · Lisette Wijnia 2023¶

Detlef Urhahne · Lisette Wijnia. (2023). Theories of Motivation in Education: an Integrative Framework. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09767-9

q3 · i2 · review · r2

Meta-analysis reported in the interest theory section determined a "mean correlation coefficient of r = .31 between interest and academic achievement" for K-12 studies; PISA within-country correlations were smaller (r = .16, r = .15).

"Schiefele et al. (1992) determined a mean correlation coefficient of r = .31 between interest and academic achievement for studies in K-12 classes."

Detlef Urhahne · Lisette Wijnia 2023 (2)¶

Detlef Urhahne · Lisette Wijnia. (2023). Theories of Motivation in Education: an Integrative Framework. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09767-9

q2 · i1 · review · r2

Sundararajan and Adesope's meta-analysis on seductive details, reported in the interest theory section, found "an average negative effect of g = − .33" on recall or transfer; no meta-analyses of situational interest were known to the authors.

"They found an average negative effect of g = − .33 for the relation between seductive details and recall or transfer of presented information."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Interest — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
• Motivation — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Interesting but irrelevant details can impair comprehension and transfer, with effects that vary with the material and the learner — a broader claim this one bears on
• Coherence Principle Irrelevant Material Hurts Learning — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Interest correlates moderately with academic achievement (mean correlation r = .31, meta-analytic) — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• No seductive details effect on transfer was observed, and no definitive conclusions about comprehension effects can be drawn from the multiple-choice transfer data — reports the opposite