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Stein, Kristy Cooper; Miness, Andrew; Kintz, Tara – Teachers College Record, 2018
Background: Student engagement is a cognitively complex domain that is often oversimplified in theory and practice. Reliance on a single model overlooks the sophisticated nature of student engagement and can lead to misconceptions and limited understandings that hinder teachers' ability to engage all of their students. Assessing varied models…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Theories, Social Theories, Hypothesis Testing
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Stearns, Elizabeth – Teachers College Record, 2010
Background/Context: Perpetuation theory predicts that attending a racially segregated school paves the way for a lifetime of segregated experiences in neighborhoods, schools, and jobs. Research conducted in the 1970s and 1980s linked racial isolation in high schools with later racial isolation in many social settings among African-American…
Descriptors: African American Students, Neighborhoods, High Schools, Race