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Math Task Experiences and Motivation to Learn More: How Prior Knowledge and Interest Interact with Task-Interest & Task-Difficulty Perceptions and Feed a Desire to Reengage
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Luke K. Fryer; Alex Shum – British Educational Research Journal, 2025
How do task experiences support proximal and longer-term desires to reengage? Central to this question is the interplay between perceptions of task difficulty and the situational interest. This interplay is increasingly researched but not yet well understood. Micro-analytic, latent studies are important tools for replicating past findings and…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Interests, Mathematics Education, Learning Readiness