The Dynamic Association of Interest and Confusion: The Potential for Moderation by Utility Value and Gender |
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| Authors: | Danielle Geerling Jonathan Butner Tamra Fraughton Sungchoon Sinclair Joseph Zachary Carol Sansone |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USAdanielle.geerling@psych.utah.edu;3. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
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| Abstract: | AbstractTo better understand students’ experiences while learning in an online computer-science course, we adopted a dynamical systems analytic framework in which we tested linked patterns of confusion and interest over time and investigated whether and how those patterns might change as a function of students’ exposure to a utility value (UV) intervention and gender. We assessed interest and confusion via event contingent experience-sampled questionnaires that displayed immediately after students had engaged with key examples or exercises. Results indicated that students’ exposure to a UV intervention and gender affected the levels of confusion that students reported and the associations between interest and confusion levels over time. Implications for educators and researchers are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Interest dynamical systems self-regulation of motivation utility value gender in STEM |
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