Promoting Interest and Performance in High School Science Classes
Upper secondary Lower secondary (grades 7–9) Motivation and curiosity
Links to claims
Supports (1)
| Claim | Basis |
|---|---|
| K33 (candidate) | Randomised field experiment: relevance writing raised interest and grades for low-expectation high-school science students. |
Review state: first-pass draft, pending human review.
Source note
Syntes: Promoting Interest and Performance in High School Science Classes (2009)
Källa: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1177067 (Science 326)
Verified content
- Randomised field experiment with high-school science students (abstract).
- A relevance (utility-value) writing intervention, connecting course material to students' lives, increased interest in science and course grades for students with low expectations of success.
Limits
- Effect shown for low-expectation students; one setting.
Added 2026-10-16 by the project (broadening, Jonatan approved 2026-10-16); content from the published abstract or well-documented summaries, not a full-text read unless stated.
Metadata as recorded
- ID
- MOT-005
- Tier
- RCT
- Titel
- Promoting Interest and Performance in High School Science Classes
- År
- 2009
- Källa/DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1177067
- Tidskrift
- Science 326
- Typ
- peer-reviewed article
- Åldersgrupp
- gymnasium;grundskola-hog
- Teman
- motivation-och-nyfikenhet
- Hämtad
- 2026-10-16
- Verifierad
- Crossref metadata (title, authors, year, venue) checked 2026-10-16
The original files (PDF or abstract) are kept in the project archive and are not published here.