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Epistemic Emotions: Their Role in Self-Regulated Learning and Learning Outcomes

Sun, April 6, 10:35am to 12:05pm, Convention Center, Floor: 100 Level, 113C

Session Type: Symposium

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This symposium brings together four groups of international scholars with diverse research perspectives on epistemic emotions. As Schutz and Pekrun (2007) described, emotions are ubiquitous in academic settings and are critically important for students’ learning, motivation, and academic achievement. Drawing from Pekrun’s (2006) control-value theory of academic emotions, we explore the role that epistemic emotions play in learning. Epistemic emotions are emotions that individuals experience as a function of the epistemic nature of a task (Pekrun & Stephens, 2011), such as curiosity, enjoyment, surprise, confusion, anxiety, frustration, and boredom. We will present our most recent empirical work to shed light on the nature of epistemic emotions and how they relate to learning. Different methodological approaches and implications will be explored.

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