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Publication Date: 2018-Oct
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Assessing College Student Engagement: Development and Validation of the Student Course Engagement Scale
Lin, Shu-Hui; Huang, Yun-Chen
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, v36 n7 p694-708 Oct 2018
Student engagement appears to be associated with high-quality learning outcomes. Thus, it is important to measure whether students are engaging effectively in class. This article describes the development and validation of a measure of student engagement named the Student Course Engagement Scale (SCES). Exploratory and confirmatory analyses were conducted on two independent samples (n = 543 and n = 893, respectively) of Taiwanese college students. The resultant 20-item SCES demonstrated good reliability and factorial validity as well as being correlated positively with other engagement measures. The results also confirm the measurement invariance of the five-factors SCES across different gender groups. This instrument provides a practical and valuable tool for assessing course engagement among Chinese college students.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Learner Engagement, Student Participation, Test Construction, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Likert Scales, Criterion Referenced Tests, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis, Measurement
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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