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High school students' situational engagement associated with scientific practices in designed science learning situations

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ID21392958
AuthorsJanna Inkinen (0000-0003-2856-4601, Faculty of Educational Sciences University of Helsinki Siltavuorenpenger Finland, corresponding author), Christopher Klager (0000-0003-4076-9319, College of Education, Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan), Kalle Juuti (0000-0001-8696-2611, Faculty of Educational Sciences University of Helsinki Siltavuorenpenger Finland), B Schneider (0000-0002-3233-166X, College of Education, Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan), Katariina Salmela-Aro (0000-0003-1901-4712, Faculty of Educational Sciences University of Helsinki Siltavuorenpenger Finland), Joseph Krajcik (0000-0002-5413-507X, College of Education, Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan), Jari Lavonen (0000-0003-2781-7953, Faculty of Educational Sciences University of Helsinki Siltavuorenpenger Finland)
Year2020
Volume104
Issue4
Pages667-692
Publication date2020-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScience Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0036-8326 • E-ISSN: 1098-237X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/sce.21570
OpenAlexW3007552453
LanguageEN
Citations received26
References cited47

This study seeks to understand how different scientific practices in high school science classrooms are associated with student situational engagement. In this study, situational engagement is conceptualized as the balance between skills, interest, and challenge when the reported experiences are all high. In this study, data on situational engagement were collected using the experience sampling method (ESM) from 142 students in southern Michigan (the United States), resulting 993 ESM responses, and 133 students in southern Finland, resulting 1,351 responses. In both countries, scientific practices related to developing models and constructing explanations were associated with higher student situational engagement than other practices. In southern Finland, using a model was also associated with a high level of student situational engagement. The results indicate that students may experience situational engagement more often in science classrooms that use models than those that do not employ such practices. Thus, scientific practices related to models should be used frequently in science classrooms to situationally engage students while learning science

Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Science education · Situational ethics · Student engagement · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Educational Environments and Student Outcomes · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works26
Citations per year5,2
Citation span2021 - 2026 (6)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 26
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