Measuring student engagement among elementary students: Pilot of the student engagement instrument-elementary version

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 61-73

  Carter, Chandra P ^a   Reschly, Amy L ^a   Lovelace, Matthew D ^a   Appleton, James J ^b   Thompson, Dianne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Gwinnett County School District   (United States)

Author keywords

Dropout; Elementary age students; SEI; Student engagement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHECKLIST; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATTITUDE; CHECKLIST; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84872680974     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029229     Document Type: Article

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