Students exposed to peers' frustration report higher mental effort than those exposed to peers' enjoyment or a neutral peer, contrary to hypothesis¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Students exposed to peers' enjoyment and those exposed to peers' neutral state reported lower mental effort 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

GORICA results of the randomized experiment in both Analysis A and B found the mental-effort pattern "ae = 0 < af", which the authors report as inconsistent with their preregistered hypothesis Hcog1 (ae = af > 0). 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¶

• Students exposed to peers' enjoyment achieve higher game performance than those exposed to peers' frustration — 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
• Effects of peers' emotions on posttest performance are not robust across analyses — related
• Effects of peers' emotions on mastery-avoidance goals are not robust across analyses — related