It is argued that interest is central in determining how we select and persist in processing
certain types of information in preference to others. Evidence that shows that both individual …

This paper reviews theoretical and empirical research on situational interest. A distinction is
made between situational and personal interest. The former is spontaneous and context …

Interest is just emerging as a critical bridge between cognitive and affective issues in both
learning and development. This developing" interest" in interest appears to be linked to an …

Imagery and Text, Second Edition extends the first edition's unified theory of cognition in
literacy from the perspective of Dual Coding Theory (DCT), one of the most influential and …

This paper explores three ways to increase situational interest in the classroom. Situational
interest is defined as temporary interest that arises spontaneously due to environmental …

This study addresses the need in discourse psychology for computational techniques that
analyze text on multiple levels of cohesion and text difficulty. Discourse psychologists often …

" The Constructivist Metaphor" presents a major reconsideration of constructivist theory
through an applied examination of the ways in which people create meaning for texts …

Four lines of evidence, proceeding from correlational outcomes to findings from true
experiments, are reviewed as preliminary support for the hypothesis that learning is …

The goal of this study was to link a computational psychological model to instructional
practice. W. Kintsch's (Kintsch and TA Van Dijk, 1978; JR Miller and Kintsch, 1980) reading …

The way that we assess and overcome problems is an essential part of everyday life.
Problem Solving provides a clear introduction to the underlying mental processes involved …