Hulleman & Harackiewcz, 2009: Asking why science is useful in their or others lives increased interest and grades among 9th grade science students
Reference:
Hulleman, C. S., & Harackiewicz, J. M. (2009). Promoting interest and performance in high school science classes. science, 326(5958), 1410-1412.
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Asking 9th-grade science students how the course material might be useful to them or a friend or relative 3-5 times over the course of the term raised end-of-quarter interest and grades in science for students who expected to perform poorly in the course.
Psychological Process:
What Desired Meaning is At Stake?
What is the Person Trying to Understand?
Personal and Social ExperiencesApproach to Desired Meaning
What about it?
Changing beliefs about personal experiences and contexts that lack meaningHow?
Psychological Question Addressed
Does this school or work task have personal meaning to me?Does this school or work task have personal meaning to me?Psychological Question Addressed
Does this school or work task have personal meaning to me?Psychological Process 2:
Psychological Process 3:
Social Area:
Education
Intervention Technique:
Prompting with leading questions