Understanding and measuring student engagement in School: The results of an international study from 12 countries

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 213-232

  Lam, Shui Fong ^a   Jimerson, Shane ^b   Wong, Bernard P H ^c   Kikas, Eve ^d,e   Shin, Hyeonsook ^f   Veiga, Feliciano H ^g   Hatzichristou, Chryse ^h   Polychroni, Fotini ^h   Cefai, Carmel ⁱ   Negovan, Valeria ^j   Stanculescu, Elena ^j   Yang, Hongfei ^k   Liu, Yi ^l   Basnett, Julie ^m   Duck, Robert ⁿ   Farrell, Peter ^o   Nelson, Brett ^p   Zollneritsch, Josef ^q  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HONG KONG SHUE YAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^e TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^f Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^k ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^l Health Education Institute   (China)

^m St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^p CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q Styria Local Ministry of Education   (Austria)

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Author keywords

Academic performance; Contextual factors; Measurement; Student conduct; Student engagement

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84902506300     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/spq0000057     Document Type: Article

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