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State epistemic curiosity measure

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Description

A researcher-developed multi-item, 5-point Likert self-report assessment by Henk G. Schmidt and colleagues for measuring secondary students’ momentary epistemic curiosity about a specific topic.

Components

  • State epistemic curiosity measure developed via content analysis of published questionnaires: A newly constructed multi-item state epistemic curiosity scale built from a content analysis of epistemic curiosity questionnaires published between 1975 and 2019. The article states "we decided to create a multi-item 'state'epistemic curiosity measure based on a content analysis of the epistemic curiosity questionnaires published between 1975 and 2019". Items such as "I am really curious to know more about this topic" were scored on a 5-point Likert scale, and the measure showed high construct reliability (H = .92 in Study 1). It was used in both studies to measure momentary curiosity about the physics of heat. (Henk G. Schmidt et al. (2021))

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Key Sources

  • Henk G. Schmidt & Jerome I. Rotgans. (2021). Epistemic Curiosity and Situational Interest: Distant Cousins or Identical Twins?. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-020-09539-9
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title State epistemic curiosity measure
description A researcher-developed multi-item, 5-point Likert self-report assessment by Henk G.
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