Continuity and Change in Early School Engagement: Predictive of Children's Achievement Trajectories From First to Eighth Grade?

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 190-206

  Ladd, Gary W ^a   Dinella, Lisa M ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

development of student engagement; patterns profiles of classroom participation engagement; predicting student achievement from classroom engagement; student school classroom engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849116677     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013153     Document Type: Article

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