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Personalized Education to Increase Interest.

Rolf Reber¹, Elizabeth A Canning², Judith M Harackiewicz³

¹Department of Psychology, University of Oslo.

Current Directions in Psychological Science

|August 31, 2019

Summary

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Personalized learning technologies can increase student interest by connecting school subjects to real life. These methods show promise for boosting engagement, especially for students initially less interested in the material.

Keywords:

choice context personalization interest personalized education utility-value intervention

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Area of Science:

Educational Psychology
Learning Sciences
Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

Connecting academic content to students' lives is a long-standing educational goal.
New technologies offer novel ways to personalize learning experiences.
Situational interest is crucial for developing deeper, individual interest in academic subjects.

Purpose of the Study:

To review interventions aimed at increasing situational interest through personalized learning.
To explore the effectiveness of different personalization methods (context, choice, active personalization).
To identify potential for increasing interest in students with low initial engagement.

Main Methods:

Distinguished three primary methods of educational personalization: context personalization, choice, and active personalization.
Reviewed recent intervention studies focused on enhancing situational interest.
Analyzed studies investigating the impact of personalized interventions on student engagement.

Main Results:

Personalized learning interventions, utilizing context, choice, or active personalization, can increase situational interest.
Evidence suggests these interventions can be effective in boosting interest for students with initially low engagement.
Progress has been made in applying personalized interventions in educational settings.

Conclusions:

Personalized learning strategies show potential for enhancing student interest and engagement.
Further research is needed to understand the underlying theoretical mechanisms driving the success of these interventions.
The development of personalized interventions is advancing, but theoretical grounding requires further investigation.