Students report higher engagement and lower disaffection in non-academic subjects (home economics, physical education) than in academic subjects¶
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q2 i? Students rated behavioral/cognitive engagement and emotional engagement higher and disaffection lower in home economics and physical education lessons than in academic subject lessons. → Pöysä 2018
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Pöysä 2018¶
Pöysä, S., Vasalampi, K., Muotka, J., Lerkkanen, M.-K., Poikkeus, A.-M., & Nurmi, J.-E. (2018). Variation in situation-specific engagement among lower secondary school students. Learning and Instruction, 53, 64-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2017.07.007
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Paired-comparison contrasts within the two-level multivariate model of lesson-to-lesson ratings found "home economics lessons or physical education lessons" differed from academic subjects on all three engagement factors, corroborating Shernoff et al.'s earlier experience-sampling findings.
"Students rated their behavioral/cognitive engagement and emotional engagement higher and disaffection lower when attending home economics lessons or physical education lessons than when attending lessons of academic subjects."
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Related Claims¶
- Academic achievement predicts disaffection but not behavioral/cognitive or emotional engagement at the between-student level — related
- Lower secondary students' situation-specific engagement varies most strongly between lessons within students, with smaller between-student variation — related
- Mathematics shows the lowest student ratings of situational engagement among school subjects — related
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Students report higher engagement and lower disaffection in non-academic subjects (home economics, physical education) than in academic subjects |
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Students report higher engagement and lower disaffection in non-academic subjects (home economics, physical education) than in academic subjects |
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