Silver linings and storm clouds
Divergent profiles of student momentary engagement emerge in response to the same task
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21348086 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer E Symonds (0000-0003-4259-6124), James B Schreiber (0000-0001-9232-3410), Benjamin M Torsney (0000-0002-5936-0209) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 113 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1192-1207 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Educational Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0663 • E-ISSN: 1939-2176 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/edu0000605 |
| OpenAlex | W3044621019 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 14 |
Previous research has demonstrated that student motivation and engagement can take different forms across a variety of tasks at school or college. However, no research has yet examined the forms of student momentary engagement that emerge in response to a single task. Adolescent students (N = 196) from two low-income secondary schools in Dublin, Ireland were given the same English grammar task to complete in a 10-min period. We used systematic observation and posttask self-report measures to collect data on momentary cognition, emotion, motivation, and behavior. Using latent profile analysis, we discovered seven main forms of momentary (dis)engagement: fully engaged, attentive but amotivated, attentive but disinterested, attentive but disaffected, distracted but motivated, disengaged, and deeply disengaged. Gender, ethnicity, academic self-efficacy, peer support, and classmate cognitive engagement were notable predictors of group membership. The results should be useful to educators wanting to understand why students in their classrooms have a variety of responses to the same task. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
Cognitive psychology · Mathematics education · Meteorology · Storm · Student engagement · Task (project management) · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |