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Ann-Kathrin Laufs1, André Meyer1, Maleika Krüger1
1Primary Education and Research on Learning and Instruction, Department of Primary Education, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
Frontiers in Psychology
|March 2, 2026
Summary
Context personalization boosts elementary students' interest in learning content. While working memory aids performance, personalization did not enhance this effect, offering insights into educational strategies.
Area of Science:
- Educational Psychology
- Cognitive Science
- Science Education
Background:
- Context personalization enhances student engagement by integrating learning with familiar contexts.
- Research highlights personalized tasks' benefits, yet cognitive mechanisms remain under-explored.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate if context personalization increases student interest in learning content.
- To examine the role of working memory in student learning.
- To test if context personalization moderates the working memory-learning performance relationship.
Main Methods:
- A cluster-randomized control trial involving 156 elementary school students.
- Assessed the impact of context personalization on learning interest and performance.
- Analyzed the predictive role of working memory and its interaction with personalization.
Main Results:
- Context personalization significantly increased students' interest in the learning material.
- Working memory was a significant predictor of student learning performance.
- Context personalization did not moderate the relationship between working memory and performance.
Conclusions:
- Context personalization effectively elicits interest in elementary science education.
- Working memory is crucial for learning, independent of context personalization's moderating effect.
- Findings refine understanding of cognitive and motivational impacts of personalized learning tasks.
Keywords:
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