Interest in and value of college courses

Abstract

By the method of equal-appearing intervals, two attitude scales were constructed, one for interest in and the other for value of college subjects. They were administered to 504 students distributed in 4 departmental groups. Reliability was reported as moderate but satisfactory. The relationship between interest in college courses and obtained grades was negligible, but interest in courses and estimated value were fairly closely related. Differences between instructors seemed to be even greater than differences between departmental subjects. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)