Mirjam Sophia Glessmer

Helping students connect disciplinary concepts with the real world is helping them learn

I’ve claimed that for years (for example with wave watching, with active lunch breaks, with tweeting about course content), but now I read the current iEarth Journal Club article that makes the exact same point and explains it with expectancy-value theory. See my 2014 summary of Hulleman & Harackiewicz (2009), or even better, read the 2-page-long original article!


Hulleman, C. S., & Harackiewicz, J. M. (2009). Promoting interest and performance in high school science classes. science326(5958), 1410-1412.

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