A Case for Domain-Specific Curiosity in Mathematics

Volume: 31, Issue: 4, Pages: 807 - 832
Published: Aug 19, 2019
Abstract
Epistemic curiosity is a desire for knowledge accompanied by positive emotions, increased arousal, and exploratory behavior (Grossnickle, Educational Psychology Review, 28(1), 23–60, 2016). Although curiosity has typically been characterized as a domain-general construct, domain-general conceptualizations do not acknowledge systematic changes in an individuals’ development (e.g., domain knowledge) as they advance within a domain. Moreover, a...
Paper Details
Title
A Case for Domain-Specific Curiosity in Mathematics
Published Date
Aug 19, 2019
Volume
31
Issue
4
Pages
807 - 832
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