| Student Memory Interview: Question 73: What emotions did the
students feel when they used the loans? |
Conclusion: 46% (11) of 24 students remembered the emotion they felt when
they used the loans. 82% (9) of the 11 students were more likely to remember an emotional
response to an object that had negative associations - such as fear, sadness and a sense
of mortality - than they were to more positive associations such as happiness or mystery.
Summary of findings:
These findings are based on interviews with 24 primary students in Y3-Y6: 12
higher ability and 12 lower ability; 12 females and 12 males. The students were
interviewed 7 - 10 months after their use of these loans in the classroom.
- · Although 58% (14) of the students responded to this question, only 46% (11) actually
reported a feeling or emotion. Of this 46%:
55% (6) were male
45% (5) were female
45% (5) were low ability; 2 males and 3 females
55% (6) were high ability; 5 males and 2 females
- · 82% (9) of the statements were associated mainly with negative emotions of being
upset, sad, frightened, embarrassed, feeling tingly or queasy. 18% (2) of the statements
were associated mainly with positive emotions of happiness and mystery. Statements from
the negative emotion category which also contained some positive emotions of happiness,
thankfulness and liking (3).
- · Students are more likely to remember an emotional response to an object that has
negative associations - such as fear, sadness and a sense of mortality - than they are to
those that have positive associations such as happiness or mystery.
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| Student Memory Interview: Question 73: Individual Student
Descriptions |
Associations with negative emotions of being upset, sad, frightened, embarrassed,
feeling tingly and queasy: 9
1. Student B3: Female: Low Ability: Y4: Victorian Clog
I felt...it was older than anything I'd seen before. It made me feel funny.
2. Student C2: Male: High Ability: Y3: Edwardian Bathing Costume
I felt...a bit embarrassed - standing in front of the everyone else in the class (in
the costume) Everyone in the class burst into laughter. Actually I liked it a bit too, it
was fun. I felt too embarrassed to be thinking anything except standing there looking
stupid.
3. Student G2: Male: High Ability: Y6: WWII Helmet
I felt...quite sad that someone had died in it or something but quite happy it had
been passed on to us.
4. Student G3: Female: Low Ability: Y6: WWII Hand Grenade
I felt...really upset because it reminded me of my Granddad.
5. Student G4: Female: High Ability: Y6: WWII Helmet
I felt...kind of thankful that there isn't a war now. There was just something about
it that made you feel a bit queasy.
6. Student H1: Male: Low Ability: Y5: Mummified Cat
I felt...frightened.
7. Student H2: Male: High Ability: Y5: Mummified Cat
I felt...like running away from it.
8. Student H3: Female: Low Ability: Y5: Ancient Egyptian Jewellery
I felt...really tingly - someone else might have been wearing them.
9. Student H4: Female: High Ability: Y5: Mummified Cat
I felt...tingly. It was just a bit weird and strange to see a cat mummified
because they don't do it now, do they?
Associations with positive emotions such as happiness and mystery: 2
10. Student L1: Male: Low Ability: Y6: Spirit of St. Louis Model Plane
I felt...happy because I could learn more about Literacy as well as that. And when I
went into Literacy the next day, the people from our class which was in the same Literacy
group would know a lot more than anybody else there.
11. Student L2: Male: High Ability: Y6: Victorian Post Carriage Model
I felt...that it was like mystical because you didn't know much about it. All
you knew it was a Victorian carriage and they told us we had to imagine the rest.
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