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Liva J. Martinussen; Anine Riege; Jasmin Richter; Eyvind Martol Briseid; Marianne Maugesten; Rolf Reber – Educational Psychology, 2025
This study examined the influence of word problems and individual differences on student teachers' situational interest. There is extensive research on word problems, but few studies have assessed the impact on situational interest, particularly for self-generated word problems. Using a within-subject design (N = 256), we investigated whether…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Student Interests, Word Problems (Mathematics)
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Martinsen, Oyvind – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1994
The relationship between cognitive style, achievement motives, and problem solving performance was investigated in two studies involving a total of 362 Norwegian high school students solving insight problems. Findings support the hypothesis of optimal motivation of Atkinson (1980). (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Cognitive Style, Foreign Countries
Irgens, Berit – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 2000
Reports on an empirical study of how end-users utilize an online bibliographic information system available on the World Wide Web by analyzing the use of a union catalog of academic libraries in Norway. Discusses how hypertext links affect search behavior and considers individual differences in search behavior and problem solving. Interview…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Hypermedia