Changes in motivation while working with the hypermedia learning program RACE

In most experiments only motives like dispositions are measured (trait measurement) although the classic psychology of motivation (Atkinson, 1957; Heckhausen, 1989) assumes behavior as being the result of interaction between situational and personal factors. Rheinberg et al. (2001) developed a four factor questionnaire (FAM) to record the result of this interaction as a state of current learning motivation. The four factors are anxiety, probability of success, interest and challenge.