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Abstract Title: Measuring students' interest in physics
Abstract: A number of well-established research scales are available to assess students' interest in German physics lessons. One common scale differentiates between the interest that students show in physical contents and their interest in physics lessons (Hoffman et al., 1998). In addition, a scale widely used in educational psychology distinguishes between the emotional significance of an activity and the perceived significance of its content (Krapp, 2010). So far, these two constructs have largely been used unrelated. Against this background we have decided to integrate both constructs in a questionnaire for our current study to assess high school students' interest in physics (N = 1529). Our collected data suggests that the previous combined constructs need to be revised as two of four scales seem to coincide in one. The poster will report in more detail on our data and the proposed newly structured interest scales.
Abstract Type: Contributed Poster Presentation
Session Time: Poster Session III
Poster Number: 3.A4
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Author/Organizer Information

Primary Contact: Liza Dopatka
TU Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Non U.S. 64289
Phone: 004916094831449
Co-Author(s)
and Co-Presenter(s)
Verena Spatz, TU Darmstadt, Department of Physics, Physics Education, Hochschulstraße 12, Darmstadt, Germany

Jan-Philipp Burde, University of Tübingen, Physics Education Research Group, Auf der Morgenstelle 14, Tübingen, Germany

Thomas Wilhelm, Goethe University, Department of Physics Education Research, Max-von-Laue-Str. 1, Frankfurt a. M., Germany

Lana Ivanjek, University of Vienna, Austrian Educational Competence Centre Physics, Porzellangasse 4, Vienna, Austria

Martin Hopf, University of Vienna, Austrian Educational Competence Centre Physics, Porzellangasse 4, Vienna, Austria

Thomas Schubatzky, University of Graz, Regional Centre for Didactics of Physics, Universita?tsplatz 5, Graz, Austria


Claudia Haagen-Schützenhöfer, University of Graz, Regional Centre for Didactics of Physics, Universita?tsplatz 5, Graz, Austria