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Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Vol. 13, No. 5, December 2013, pp. 1 20. Capturing students attention: An empirical study Erik Rosegard1 & Jackson Wilson2 Abstract: College students (n=846) enrolled in a general education course were randomly assigned to either an arousal (experimental) or no-arousal (control) group. The experimental group was exposed to a topic-relevant, 90-second external stimulus (a technique used to elevate arousal and focus attention). The control group listened to the instructor take roll.
2004) and can be evoked by novel, but meaningful stimuli. Turner and Silvia (2006) found that novel stimuli (i.e., visual art and poetry) triggered situational interest. However, Renninger and Hidi (2011) noted that the trigger or collative stimuli associated with situational interest needs to be relevant and meaningful.
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