Jang, 2008: Teaching statistics as relevant to their identities increased engagement on course material among students
Reference:
Jang, H. (2008). Supporting students' motivation, engagement, and learning during an uninteresting activity. Journal of Educational Psychology, 100(4), 798.
Download PDFSummary:
Teaching students who were training to be teachers that an introductory statistics lesson helps people become more effective teachers increased engagement and learning in the lesson.
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 information