Development of a self-report instrument for measuring in-class student engagement reveals that pretending to engage is a significant unrecognized problem.

Student engagement during classes includes behavioural, cognitive and emotional components, and is a pre-requisite for successful active learning environments. A novel approach to measuring student engagement was developed, involving triangulation of real-time student-self report, observation by tra...

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Main Authors: Kathryn A Fuller, Nilushi S Karunaratne, Som Naidu, Betty Exintaris, Jennifer L Short, Michael D Wolcott, Scott Singleton, Paul J White
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6192645?pdf=render