Positive pre-event emotional valence predicts positive post-event emotional valence after learning events¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q3 · i2 medium
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Students' outcome-related emotional valence before a learning event is positively related to their emotional valence afterwards, at both within- and between-student levels. → Hartikainen 2026 q3 i2 In the lecture-based group the between-student pre–post valence association was moderate (τb = 0.40), while the within-student association was weak (τb = 0.12). → Hartikainen 2026 (2)

Evidence¶

Hartikainen 2026¶

Hartikainen, S., Nokelainen, P., Puhakka, I., & Kangaslampi, R. (2026). Emotions in flipped and lecture-based math courses. Learning and Instruction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2026.102474

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Multilevel binomial logistic regression across 546 learning events from 69 engineering mathematics students (lecture-based n = 34, flipped n = 35) predicting binary post-event valence. The article reports "Positive pre-event emotional valence predicted positive post-event emotional valence" with pre-event valence coefficients of 0.74 [0.25, 1.22] (within-student) and 1.01 [0.17, 1.85] (between-student) in Table 3; no standardised effect size is printed.

"Positive pre-event emotional valence predicted positive post-event emotional valence."

Hartikainen 2026 (2)¶

Hartikainen, S., Nokelainen, P., Puhakka, I., & Kangaslampi, R. (2026). Emotions in flipped and lecture-based math courses. Learning and Instruction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2026.102474

q3 · i2 · associational · r2

Two-level bivariate Kendall's τb correlations in the lecture-based sample (n = 34) show the within-student link was weak and the between-student link moderate, with the printed effect size "τb = 0.40, p < .001". The article notes 8.9% of variance in post-event valence was attributable to student-level clustering.

"higher pre-event emotional valence was weakly associated with higher post-event valence (τb = 0.12, p = .014), whereas the corresponding between-student association was moderate (τb = 0.40, p < .001; see Table 2)"

Discussion¶

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• Teaching implementation (flipped vs. lecture-based) shows no significant main effect on post-event emotional valence — related
• The within-student pre–post valence association holds in the lecture-based group but not in the flipped group, while between-student associations are positive in both — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Teacher-led learning events are associated with more positive post-event emotional valence than individual events, particularly in the lecture-based implementation — related