A Moment-by-Moment Examination of Emotions During Text-Based Knowledge Revision

• In Event: Diverse Methodologies for Studying the Effects of Emotion on Learning

Abstract

This study investigated readers’ moment-by-moment affective and cognitive processing of a series of refutation texts. A think-aloud methodology was used to explore processes readers expressed while reading texts that refuted common misconceptions. A written posttest assessed their post-reading beliefs. The think-aloud analysis highlighted at which points in the texts readers expressed positive or negative emotions and their relations to cognitive processes with which they dealt with these discrepancies – successfully or unsuccessfully, as indicated by post-reading scores. The findings show how refutational sentences suppress positive emotions associated with non-coherence building processes and are consistent with frameworks of knowledge revision and achievement emotions.

Authors

• Gregory Trevors, McGill University

• Reese Butterfuss, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

• Panayiota Kendeou, University of Minnesota