Hvor kommer jeg fra?

• Concordia Language Villages• *• BA summa cum laude, English,

Augsburg College, MN• *• PhD, Educational Psychology

Learning, Cognition and Instruction, University of Texas at Austin, TX

• *• Norsk voksenpedagogisk forskningsinstitutt (NVI),

Trondheim• Psykologiseksjonen og IPS ved Universitetet i Tromsø

Forskningsområder

• Learning– Language comprehension– Second language learning– Learning strategies– Motivation in context– Assessment (and learning) in higher

education– Peace studies

• Children as researchers

Underliggende temaer

• Transformation– Language – Identity– Stretching beyond one’s believed capacities– Responsible global citizenship

Underliggende temaer

• Transformation– Language – Identity– Stretching beyond one’s believed capacities– Responsible global citizenship– Learning to care

Empiriske muligheter

• Life in the High North– Stealth tourism– Sleep and work

• Concordia Language Villages

• Teaching and training materials

Interest

Source of Interest

Individual

Source of Interest

Individual Situational

Source of Interest

Individual Situational

Text

Interest Enhancers

Individual Situational

Text

Cognitive

Interest Enhancers

Individual Situational

Text

CognitiveEmotional

Interest Enhancers

Individual Situational

Tourism

CognitiveEmotional

Interest Enhancers

Individual Situational

Tourism

CognitiveEmotional

Interest Enhancers

Individual Situational

CLV

CognitiveEmotional

4-Phase Model of Interest Development

I. Triggered situational interest

II. Maintained situational interest

III. Emerging individual interests

IV. Well-developed individual interests

Hidi & Renninger, 2006

(Catch)

(Hold)

•External support•Affect•Task•Cognitive engagement

SITUATIONAL Interest and Cognitive Performance

• Narrows inferencing• Focuses attention• Enables integration of information with

prior knowledge• Enhances levels of learning

INDIVIDUAL Interests and Cognitive Performance

• Attention• Recognition• Recall• Persistence and effort• Academic motivation• Levels of learning

Interestingness

Interestingness Unusual things are more interesting than usual ones

NoiseIll effects from eatingPowerSexMoneyRomanceDiseaseDestructionChaosDanger

AmbiguityUncertaintyIncongruity

VividnessTragedy

Enigma/MysterySuspense

SurpriseSomething personally related

DeathThe more intense the better

1. Life conditions

2. New land

8. Geology and mining

7. Hunting and trapping

6. Space for self-discovery

5. The tundra

4. The Pomors

3. European whale hunting

10. Modern times 9. Migratory birds

11. No man’s land

Polar bear (The tundra)

The Tundra (and polar bear)

Hunting and Trapping

Geology and Mining

Cognition and Affect

Cognitive Measures(SIQ)

• Ease of comprehension

• Coherence• Vividness• Engagement• Emotiveness• Prior knowledge

Affective Measures(BETT)

• Pleasure• Engagement• Interest• Anger• Fear• Sadness

Correlations between the total cognitive (SIQ) and affective (BETT) ratings

of the exhibits participants found most fascinating

Cognitive Measures (SIQ, range 1-5)

Affective Measures (BETT, range 1-7)

Ease ofcomprehension(4.20, .35)

Coherence(4.24, .46)

Vividness(3.94, .69)

Engagement(3.74, .60)

Emotiveness(2.00, .75)

Prior knowledge(2.56, .99)

Pleasure(2.93, 1.01)

-.15 .11 .18 .05 .33 .46*

Engagement(3.88, 1.30)

.01 .34 .49* .27 .12 .33

Interest(3.91, .93)

.56** .15 .65** .48* .09 -.23

Anger(2.47, 1.42)

.26 -.15 .48* .21 .37 -.30

Fear(2.16, 1.25)

.28 .08 .74* .50* .09 -.23

Sadness(2.89, 1.19)

.27 .23 .41 .26 .25 .06

Correlations between the total cognitive (SIQ) and affective (BETT) ratings

of the exhibits participants found most fascinating

Cognitive Measures (SIQ, range 1-5)

Affective Measures (BETT, range 1-7)

Ease ofcomprehension(4.20, .35)

Coherence(4.24, .46)

Vividness(3.94, .69)

Engagement(3.74, .60)

Emotiveness(2.00, .75)

Prior knowledge(2.56, .99)

Pleasure(2.93, 1.01)

-.15 .11 .18 .05 .33 .46*

Engagement(3.88, 1.30)

.01 .34 .49* .27 .12 .33

Interest(3.91, .93)

.56** .15 .65** .48* .09 -.23

Anger(2.47, 1.42)

.26 -.15 .48* .21 .37 -.30

Fear(2.16, 1.25)

.28 .08 .74* .50* .09 -.23

Sadness(2.89, 1.19)

.27 .23 .41 .26 .25 .06

Correlations between the total cognitive (SIQ) and affective (BETT) ratings

of the exhibits participants found most fascinating

Cognitive Measures (SIQ, range 1-5)

Affective Measures (BETT, range 1-7)

Ease ofcomprehension(4.20, .35)

Coherence(4.24, .46)

Vividness(3.94, .69)

Engagement(3.74, .60)

Emotiveness(2.00, .75)

Prior knowledge(2.56, .99)

Pleasure(2.93, 1.01)

-.15 .11 .18 .05 .33 .46*

Engagement(3.88, 1.30)

.01 .34 .49* .27 .12 .33

Interest(3.91, .93)

.56** .15 .65** .48* .09 -.23

Anger(2.47, 1.42)

.26 -.15 .48* .21 .37 -.30

Fear(2.16, 1.25)

.28 .08 .74* .50* .09 -.23

Sadness(2.89, 1.19)

.27 .23 .41 .26 .25 .06

Correlations between the total cognitive (SIQ) and affective (BETT) ratings

of the exhibits participants found most fascinating

Cognitive Measures (SIQ, range 1-5)

Affective Measures (BETT, range 1-7)

Ease ofcomprehension(4.20, .35)

Coherence(4.24, .46)

Vividness(3.94, .69)

Engagement(3.74, .60)

Emotiveness(2.00, .75)

Prior knowledge(2.56, .99)

Pleasure(2.93, 1.01)

-.15 .11 .18 .05 .33 .46*

Engagement(3.88, 1.30)

.01 .34 .49* .27 .12 .33

Interest(3.91, .93)

.56** .15 .65** .48* .09 -.23

Anger(2.47, 1.42)

.26 -.15 .48* .21 .37 -.30

Fear(2.16, 1.25)

.28 .08 .74* .50* .09 -.23

Sadness(2.89, 1.19)

.27 .23 .41 .26 .25 .06

Overall (Inter)Correlations

Interest

Importance Importance

Interest

One week later (T1) Five months later (T2)

.65** .86***

.75***

.76***

.67**

.53*

Tundra (Inter)Correlations

Interest

Importance Importance

Interest

One week later (T1) Five months later (T2)

.73*** .68**

.53*

Hunting and Trapping (Inter)Correlations

Interest

Importance Importance

Interest

One week later (T1) Five months later (T2)

.49* .83***

.60*

Geology and Mining (Inter)Correlations

Interest

Importance Importance

Interest

One week later (T1) Five months later (T2)

.52* .68**

.61*

.55*

• Interest development (for something worth caring about)

• Interestingness(understanding and using it to arouse situational interest)

• Concrete experiences

• Cognitive and affective patterns

• Impact over time