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Measuring Engineering Students’ In-class Cognitive Engagement: Survey Development informed by Contemporary Educational Theories
Association for Engineering Education - Engineering Library Division Papers
American Society for Engineering Education Conference (Salt Lake City, Utah, 06/23/2018 - 06/27/2018)
06/23/2018
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/120568
Abstract
In this research paper, we examine the development of an instrument designed to measure students’ in-class cognitive engagement. Cognitive engagement is a critical aspect of success in an engineering program. Students who are more engaged are more likely to succeed, but understanding how and in what ways that engagement takes place remains a challenge. In this paper, we develop a survey informed by an existing theoretical framework that links overt behaviors to cognitive states of engagement. We present the results of an initial factor analysis, the differences between anticipated structure and actual structure, and the improvements made in the subsequent iteration of the survey. Results from factor analyses suggest that in-class engagement might be defined as a combination of behavioral and cognitive scales and that further iterations are likely needed to arrive at a final composite measure of engagement at the student- and course-level.
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- Title
- Measuring Engineering Students’ In-class Cognitive Engagement: Survey Development informed by Contemporary Educational Theories
- Creators
- Benjamin David LutzAllyson Jo BarlowNathaniel HunsuCassandra J. GroenShane A. BrownOlusola AdesopeDenise Rutledge Simmons
- Publication Details
- Association for Engineering Education - Engineering Library Division Papers
- Conference
- American Society for Engineering Education Conference (Salt Lake City, Utah, 06/23/2018 - 06/27/2018)
- Academic Unit
- Education, College of
- Publisher
- American Society for Engineering Education-ASEE
- Identifiers
- 99900601055201842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding