Engagement means students directing their attention and energy ‘in the moment’ towards a particular task or activity. It describes the observable student behaviours, such as planning, task management, and persistence, that arise from their feelings of motivation.
Engagement with learning is essential to academic progress. It is most likely to occur when students are motivated, interested, and socially interactive. It is also most often associated with other characteristics in students, such as self-regulation or self-directedness, conscientiousness, and drive. Student outcomes are affected by the extent to which they exert effort, demonstrate enthusiasm, think strategically, and constructively contribute to learning plans.
There is a considerable body of evidence on engagement in education, including quantitative evidence determining the link between student engagement and learning. The evidence base is complicated as engagement is a multi-faceted concept, which is not only connected to a number of other aspects of students and learning but also impacted by context.
A classroom context where individual students’ needs are catered for
Providing opportunities to learn using a variety of techniques
Actively involving students in the teaching and learning process
Providing feedback that focuses on comprehension, mastery, and strategies, rather than feedback which defines competence in comparison to class performance
Providing opportunities for groupwork in which students can work with their peers
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