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Introducing a Science Interest Network Model to Reveal Country Differences
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Sachisthal, Maien S. M.; Jansen, Brenda R. J.; Peetsma, Thea T. D.; Dalege, Jonas; van der Maas, Han L. J.; Raijmakers, Maartje E. J. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
In this article, a science interest network model (SINM) is introduced and a first empirical test of the model is presented. The SINM models interest as a dynamic relational construct, in which different interest components, that is, affective, behavioral, and cognitive components and related motivational components mutually reinforce one another…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Secondary School Students, Student Interests
The Role of Content and Context in PISA Interest Scales: A Study of the Embedded Interest Items in the PISA 2006 Science Assessment
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Drechsel, Barbara; Carstensen, Claus; Prenzel, Manfred – International Journal of Science Education, 2011
This paper focuses "interest in science" as one of the attitudinal aspects of scientific literacy. Large-scale data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2006 are analysed in order to describe student interest more precisely. So far the analyses have provided a general indicator of interest, aggregated over all…
Descriptors: Science Interests, Interest Inventories, Science Tests, Cognitive Tests