Contribution to Learning Resource

“The Four Phase Model of Interest Development”

Suzanna Hidi and K.Ann Renninger

Interest Motivational Theory

No Interest

Situational Interest Individual Interest

Triggered Situation Maintained Situational Emerging Individual Well Developed

Interest Interest Interest Individual Interest

Maintained Situational Emerging Individual Well Developed Individual Interest

Interest Interest

Emerging Individual Interest Well Developed Individual Interest

Well Developed Individual Interest

· There are four phase to the model of interest development and each phase can evolve into the other because the learner can get more interested in the task/content.

· Interest- the outcome of an interaction between a person and a particular content, it’s the person’s own interest

· Triggered Situational Interest- this is where the interest is ignited in a person.

· Maintained Situational Interest- this is where the interest is triggered further, it involves attention and persistence over extended periods of time.

· Emerging(less developed) Individual Interest- this is where interest is moved from situational interest to individual interest, it’s a personal interest-positive feeling and their choice of interest.

· Well-Developed Individual Interest- this is when a person develops serious interest in the subject, more positive feeling over other activities and has more stored knowledge.