Students exposed to peers' enjoyment achieve higher game performance than those exposed to peers' frustration¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2024 · checked against its sources 2026-10-25 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Students exposed to peers' enjoyment and those exposed to peers' neutral state showed higher game performance than those exposed to peers' frustration (ae > 0 = af). → Hu 2024

Evidence¶

Hu 2024¶

Hu, Y., Elliot, A. J., Wouters, P., van der Schaaf, M., Kester, L., & Pekrun, R. (2024). Effects of peers' emotions on students' emotions, achievement goals, mental effort, and performance. Journal of Educational Psychology, 116(7), 1283–1299. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000895

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Game performance (correct separator choices in video questions, maximum 20 points) in the randomized experiment was evaluated by GORICA in both analyses; the supported pattern was "ae > 0 = af", consistent with the authors' Hcog2 hypothesis. No effect sizes were printed.

"students exposed to peers’ enjoyment and those exposed to peers’ neutral state reported lower mental effort (ae = 0 < af) and higher game performance (ae > 0 = af) than those exposed to peers’ frustration"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

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

Related Claims¶

• Effects of peers' emotions on posttest performance are not robust across analyses — reports the opposite
• Students exposed to peers' frustration report higher mental effort than those exposed to peers' enjoyment or a neutral peer, contrary to hypothesis — related
• Students exposed to a peer model's enjoyment report higher positive and lower negative activity emotions than those exposed to the peer's frustration — related
• Peers' enjoyment raises students' mastery-approach goals but leaves performance-approach and performance-avoidance goals unchanged — related