The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity

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In fact, scientists have shown that passionate interests can even allow people to overcome academic difficulties or perceptual disabilities.

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S. Department of Education, 2015), more autonomy is granted to local and state agencies to set educational assessment standards. After others pulled the teacher’s head out, his teacher congratulated Pyrrho for correctly interpreting his philosophy, even if it did lead to him having his head stuck in a ditch for longer than it needed to be.My interest in at all has once again skyrocketed (no pun intended), and for that I am truly grateful. Carlo RovelliComedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons and intimidated by the barrage of equations. One other aspect which I liked very much is that Ince stresses how much scientific knowledge has enhanced his – and humanity’s – awe, respect and wonder at the universe and the natural world. When we're interested in what we're learning, we pay closer attention; we process the information more efficiently; we employ more effective learning strategies, such as engaging in critical thinking, making connections between old and new knowledge, and attending to deep structure instead of surface features. Parents and educators can also promote the development of kids’ interests by demonstrating their own passion for particular subjects.

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Interest, therefore, predicts traditional measures of educational success, including future course taking and performance. It is true that different people find different things interesting—one reason to provide learners with a range of subject matter, in the hope that something will resonate.More broadly, these principles underlie many interventions intended to promote situational interest in educational contexts, which Renninger and Hidi (2016) refer to as “triggers for interest. Build on emerging and well-developed individual interest: Provide content and academic tasks that facilitate connecting academic topics with existing interests. Explore some of the work from the talented students on our postgraduate science communication programmes in the Science Communication Showcase blog. Some may say at this point, ‘But isn’t rejecting the Earth being a sphere, and rejecting vaccines, scepticism?

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The importance of interest: The role of achievement goals and task values in promoting the development of interest. Various evaluation policies could reward educators who use evidence-based motivational science to inform their curricula and instructional methods, for example, by providing professional development funds, creating organizational teaching awards, and other meritorious recognition for such efforts. But, 20 years later, he fell in love and he now presents one of the world's most popular science podcasts.It can enrich your life and how you think, and can be nothing but a benefit to those who retain their curiosity about the world and the universe through science. In this erudite and witty book, Robin reveals why scientific wonder isn’t just for the professionals.

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Weaker learners may need more of this assistance to find and maintain their interests, while stronger learners can be pushed in the direction of increasing autonomy and self-direction. In fact, these students, performed about half a grade point higher in the intervention condition than in the control condition.

For example, a school field trip to an art museum can foster a student’s developing interest in art.