Published In
Journal of Chemical Education
Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
2-9-2022
Subjects
Student-centered learning, Chemistry -- Study and teaching (Higher), Active learning, Motivation in education -- United States
Abstract
Student engagement is an important consideration when incorporating active learning activities into a classroom. To facilitate the large-scale assessment of students’ engagement in activities, a survey measure must first be developed and evaluated. Therefore, the goal of this study was to create a self-report measure of student engagement for use with active learning activities in general chemistry classes. The Activity Engagement Survey (AcES) was modified from an existing survey of engagement of middle and high school science students that contained behavioral, cognitive, emotional, and social engagement items. Multiple rounds of response process interviews and factor analyses were used to modify the measure and provide evidence of validity for the data collected. The results provided support for the presence of a bifactor model, where an overall general engagement factor and the individual dimensions of engagement were simultaneously modeled. Additionally, support was found for combining behavioral and cognitive components into a single factor due to a large overlap in students’ perceptions between the constructs.
Locate the Document
DOI
10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c01145
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/37089
Citation Details
Naibert, Nicole and Barbera, Jack, "Development and Evaluation of a Survey to Measure Student Engagement at the Activity Level in General Chemistry" (2022). Chemistry Faculty Publications and Presentations. 438.
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/37089
Description
This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in The Journal of Chemical Education. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in The Journal of Chemical Education and can be found online at: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c01145