Measuring cognitive and psychological engagement: Validation of the Student Engagement Instrument

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 427-445

  Appleton, James J ^a   Christenson, Sandra L ^a   Kim, Dongjin ^a   Reschly, Amy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive engagement; Psychological engagement; School engagement; Student engagement with school

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748431643     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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