These Proceedings consist of papers presented at the Second International Conference on Interest held at Seeon Lake, Germany, in June of 1996. The conference was organized to facilitate discussions about: (1) the development, differentiation, and change of interest(s) with age, (2) gender-specific differences in interest(s) and their impact on development, and (3) the role of interest as a condition and result of formal learning, including both school and vocational training. 

Contents

1. Introduction
   • Interest and Gender: Issues of Development and Learning
     K. Ann Renninger, Lore Hoffmann, and Andreas Krapp

2. General Topics in the Study of Interest
   • Development of Interests
     Eberhard Todt and Susanne Schreiber
   • The Development of Males' and Females' Interests in Science and Technology
   
   Paul L. Gardner
   • Interest, Gender and Personal Narrative: How Children Construct Self-Understanding
     Robyn Fivush
   • Situational Interest and Learning
     Suzanne Hidi and Dagmar Bemdorff
   • Individual Interest and Learning - What We Know and What We Don't Know
     Ulricb Schiefele
   • The Development of Self-Concept and Interests
     Bettina Hannover
   • Theory of Interest and Research on Motivation to Learn
     Falko Rheinberg
   • The Relation of Interest to Motivation and Human Needs - The Self-Determination Theory Viewpoint
     Edward Deci
    
   
3. Presentations Specific to the Development of Preschool and Elementary School Children
   • The Roles of Individual Interest(s) and Gender in Learning:
     An "Overview-of-Research on Preschool and Elementary School-Aged Children/Students
     K. Ann Renninger
   • Interest of Girls and Boys in Elementary School
     Maria Fölling-Albers and Andreas Hartinger
   • Environments that Support Meaningful Learning
     Susan R. Goldman, Cynthia Mayfield-Stewart, Helene V. Bateman, James W. Pellegrino, and the Cognition and Technology Group at Vanderbilt
   • Educational Television's Impact on Individual and Situational Interest: A Review of Research at the Children's Television Workshop
     William Votive and Shalom M. Fisch
   • The Impact of CRO on Children's Interest in and Comprehension of Science and Technology
     Anne Fay
   • The Role of Gender, Instruction and a Cooperative Learning Technique in Science Education Across Formal and Informal Settings
     Suzanne Hidi, Joel Weiss, Dagmar Bemdorff, and Jason Nolan
   • What are the Roles of Individual Interest, Task Difficulty, and Gender in Student Comprehension?
     K. Ann Renninger
    
   
4. Presentations Specific to the Development of Secondary Level I (Middle School and High School Through 10th Grade) Students
   • Interest Research in Secondary Level I: An Overview
     Jürgen Baumert and Olaf Köller
   • Interest in Learning and the Disposition of Curiosity in Secondary Students: Investigating Process and Context
     Mary Ainley
   • An Expectancy-Value Model of Achievement Choices: The Role of Ability Self-Concepts, Perceived Task Utility and Interest in Predicting Activity Choice and Course Enrollment
     Jacquelynne S. Eccles, Bonnie L. Barber, Kim Updegraff, and Kathryn M. O'Brien
   • Qualitative Differences in Students' Interest in Physics and the Dependence on Gender and Age
     Peter Häussler and Lore Hoffmann
   • Schooling for Lifelong Attention to Chemistry Issues: The Role of Interest and Achievement
     Wolfgang Gräber
   • An Intervention Project Promoting Girls' and Boys' Interest in Physics
     Lore Hoffmann and Peter Haeussler
   • Different Aspects of Learning Motivation: The Impact of Interest and Goal Orientation on Scholastic Learning
     Olaf Köller
   • Learning Math in School: Does Interest Really Matter?
     Jürgen Baumert, Kai Schnabel, and Manfred Lehrke
   • The Differential Impact of Task Value and Mastery Orientation on Males' and Females' Self-Regulated Learning Paul Pintrich, Allison M. Ryan, and Helen Patrick
    
   
5. Presentations Specific to the Development of Secondary Level II (11th and 12th Grade and Post Secondary) Students
   • Interest Research Concerning the Upper Secondary Level, College, and Vocational Education: An Overview
     Manfred Prenzel
   • Undivided and Abiding Interest: Comparisons Across Studies of Talented Adolescents and Creative Adults
     Kevin Rathunde
   • Cognitive Orientation and Interest: The Motivational Understructure for Achievement in Mathematics
     Shulamith Kreitler and Shiri Nussbaum
   • Individual Interest in Mathematics and Female Gender Identity: Biographical Case Studies
     Kristin Gisbert
   • Interest, Gender, and Literacy Development in Successful Dyslexics
     Rosalie P. Fink
   • Components of Intra-Individual Interest in Vocational Education Subjects: Some Australian Data
     James Athanasou
   • Changes of Interests in Academic and Vocational Learning
     Peter Nenniger
   • Changes in Learning Motivation and Interest in Vocational Education: Halfway Through the Study
     Man/red Prenzel, Klaudia Kramer, and Barbara Drecbsel
   • The Development of Interest and Motivational Orientations: Gender Differences in Vocational Education
     Klaus-Peter Wild, Andreas Krapp, Inge Schreyer, and Doris Lewalter
    
   
6. Future Directions
   • Some Thoughts About the Development of a Unifying Framework for the Study of Individual Interest
     Andreas Krapp, K. Ann Renninger, and Lore Hoffmann
   List of Participants

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