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Behavioral choice measure of maintained situational interest

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The article operationalizes maintained situational interest not by verbal self-report but behaviorally: participants decided which of six described seminar topics (Experiment 1) or which of six take-home texts (Experiment 2) they wanted to engage with, and the count of yes-responses was the measure. The authors argue this is "not a merely verbal measure" but "a direct measure of whether participants want to engage further with this topic", providing a link to future interest-related behavior. The measure correlated significantly with topic interest and triggered situational interest in both experiments.

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  • Behavioral measure of maintained situational interest based on choices of future seminar topics or take-home texts: The article operationalizes maintained situational interest not by verbal self-report but behaviorally: participants decided which of six described seminar topics (Experiment 1) or which of six take-home texts (Experiment 2) they wanted to engage with, and the count of yes-responses was the measure. The authors argue this is "not a merely verbal measure" but "a direct measure of whether participants want to engage further with this topic", providing a link to future interest-related behavior. The measure correlated significantly with topic interest and triggered situational interest in both experiments. (Demian Scherer et al. (2023))

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  • Demian Scherer, Annika Verkühlen, Stephan Dutke. (2023). Effects of related decorative pictures on learning and metacognition. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-023-09618-8
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title Behavioral choice measure of maintained situational interest
description The article operationalizes maintained situational interest not by verbal self-report but behaviorally: participants decided which of six described seminar topics (Experiment 1) or which of six take-home texts (Experiment 2) they wanted to engage with, and the count of yes-responses was the measure.
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