Enhancing Students’ Engagement: Report of a 3-Year Intervention With Middle School Teachers

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1195-1226

  Turner, Julianne C ^a   Christensen, Andrea ^a   Kackar Cam, Hayal Z ^b   Trucano, Meg ^a   Fulmer, Sara M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

classroom instruction; intervention; middle school; motivation; student engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911452224     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: 19351011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831214532515     Document Type: Article

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