The Four-Phase Model of Interest Development

January 1, 2006 | Media and Technology, Public Programs, Exhibitions, Informal/Formal Connections

Building on and extending existing research, this article proposes a 4-phase model of interest development. The model describes 4 phases in the development and deepening of learner interest: triggered situational interest, maintained situational interest, emerging (less-developed) individual interest, and well-developed individual interest. Affective as well as cognitive factors are considered. Educational implications of the proposed model are identified.

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Suzanne Hidi

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University of Toronto

K. Ann Renninger

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Swarthmore College

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Publication Name: Educational Psychologist

Volume: 41

Number: 2

Page Number: 111

Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article

Discipline: Education and learning science | Social science and psychology

Audience: Educators/Teachers | Museum/ISE Professionals

Environment Type: Media and Technology | Public Programs | Exhibitions | Informal/Formal Connections

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