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Rotgans, Jerome I.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The extent to which a student experiences situational interest during a learning task is dependent on at least two factors: (1) external stimuli in the learning environment that arouse interest and (2) internal dispositions, such as individual interest. The objective of the present study was to disentangle how both factors influence situational…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Learner Engagement, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students
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Jou, Min; Hung, Chen-Kang; Lai, Shih-Hung – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2014
Universities in Taiwan can be divided into two major categories of comprehensive universities and technological universities. Students studying engineering majors in comprehensive universities are often recruited from academic high schools while those in technological universities tend to be recruited from vocational high schools. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, High School Students, Vocational Education