The field uses 77 unique established engagement measures, yet more than one-third of studies rely on unestablished author-created measures¶

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q3 i? Although 77 unique established measures of child engagement in ECEC were identified, over one-third of the 286 studies used unestablished measures created by the study authors without validation or citation. → Ritoša 2023

Evidence¶

Ritoša 2023¶

Ritoša, A., Åström, F., Björck, E., Borglund, L., Karlsson, E., McHugh, E., & Nylander, E. (2023). Measuring Children's Engagement in Early Childhood Education and Care Settings: A Scoping Literature Review. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09815-4

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The review's measurement-level analysis of 311 engagement measurements found 202 relied on established measures, yielding "77 unique established measures of children's engagement in ECEC settings," while over one-third of studies relied on unestablished author-created measures. No effect size is printed.

"Although 77 unique established measures of children's engagement in ECEC settings were identified, more than one-third of the identified studies relied on unestablished measures of engagement created by the study authors."

Discussion¶

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