Microscope or Telescope: Whether to Dissect Epistemic Emotions

摘要

We empirically investigate two methods for eliciting student emotion within an online instructional environment. Students may not fully express their emotions when asked to report on a single emotion. Furthermore, students' usage of emotional terms may differ from that of researchers. To address these issues, we tested two alternative emotion self-report mechanisms: the first closed response where students report on a single emotion via Likert scale, the second open response where students describe their emotions via open text.