Emotional engagement is moderately correlated with perceptions of interesting (r = 0.55) and understandable (r = 0.48) science instruction, and the two perceptions correlate at r = 0.65¶

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q2 i3 Bivariate correlations show emotional engagement correlates with interesting science instruction at r = 0.55 and understandable science instruction at r = 0.48 (both p < .001), and the two perception variables correlate at r = 0.65. → Xin Xia 2026

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Xin Xia 2026¶

Xin Xia, Robert Tai. (2026). Exploring the association of student perceptions of science instruction and emotional engagement: The variance between grade level. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-026-09800-8

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Correlation matrix (Table 2) over the full sample of 6,465 students, reported in the measures section. The article describes the perceptions as "related but distinct constructs" and reports variance inflation factors indicating multicollinearity was not a concern.

"students' emotional engagement was moderately correlated with their perceptions of interesting science instruction (r = 0.55, p < .001) and understandable science instruction ( r = 0.48, p < .001). The two perception variables were also moderately correlated with each other ( r = 0.65, p < .001), indicating related but distinct constructs."

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