In definitions of children's digital engagement, the most prominent themes were participation (44.4%), effort (38.9%) and interpersonal skills and behaviour (33.3%)¶

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q2 i? Among the 18 studies that explicitly defined engagement, participation was the most common theme (n = 8, 44.4%), followed by effort (n = 7, 38.9%) and interpersonal skills and behaviour (n = 6, 33.3%). → J. Harverson 2026

Evidence¶

J. Harverson 2026¶

J. Harverson, C. Zomer, C. Chu, S. Horwood, M. Horwood, M. Nicholas, L. Paatsch. (2026). Children's engagement with digital technology in educational spaces: A scoping review. Computers & Education 240 (2026) 105454. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2025.105454

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Thematic analysis of definitions of engagement across the 18 defining studies in the scoping review. The review reports the ranked theme counts: "participation (n = 8, 44.4 %), the second most common theme was effort (n = 7, 38.9 %)" and interpersonal skills and behaviour third. Themes attention and motivation each appeared in five studies (27.8%).

"Among the 18 studies that explicitly defined engagement, the most common theme identified was participation (n = 8, 44.4 %), the second most common theme was effort (n = 7, 38.9 %) and interpersonal skills and behaviour was the third largest theme (n = 6, 33.3 %)."

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