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标题：School Engagement for Avoiding Dropout in Middle School Education
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作者：Cristina Hennig Manzuoli ; Clelia Pineda-Báez ; Ana D. Vargas Sánchez 等
期刊名称：International Education Studies
印刷版ISSN：1913-9020
电子版ISSN：1913-9039
出版年度：2019
卷号：12
期号：5
页码：35-48
DOI：10.5539/ies.v12n5p35
出版社：Canadian Center of Science and Education
摘要：School engagement is a key factor in maintaining school attendance and in diminishing dropout rates. In this study, four dimensions that compose school engagement—cognitive, affective, behavioral, and agentic—were evaluated with a self-report questionnaire (Veiga, 2013), and comparisons between rural and urban schools were made. A total of 802 seventh-graders (51.2% boys and 48.8% girls), the majority of the studied children were between the ages of 12 and 13 (71.7%), attending public schools in Colombia, responded the questionnaire. The research responds to the need to examine engagement in developing countries. Findings indicate that the cognitive and agentic dimensions obtained the lowest means. This result suggests that students should engage in activities that help them recognize their metacognitive abilities and strengthen their classroom participation. Each of the four identified dimensions is analyzed, and strategies are proposed for developing them appropriately.
关键词：middle school; school engagement; school dropout; student engagement