“…The tendency for interest in mathematics to decline appears to be stable across time and educational systems (e.g. Frenzel, Pekrun, Dicke, & Goetz, 2012;Jacobs, Lanza, Osgood, Eccles, & Wigfield, 2002;Kaarstein & Nilsen, 2015;Watt, 2004). Although there is a marked gap in mathematics, in which boys typically report more interest in math than girls, the majority of students follow the same decline with age (Frenzel, Goetz, Pekrun, & Watt, 2010).…”