Student Engagement and Academic Success in Urban Elementary School Classrooms
Keywords:
student engagement, academic success, urban educationAbstract
This paper examines using student engagement to increase academic success and performance in urban elementary schools. Urban students often fall behind in the achievement gap for a variety of reasons. The goal of this paper is to explain how increasing student engagement in inner-city schools can help to increase academic success. It outlines the different facets of student engagement—cognitive, behavioral, and emotional engagement, and explains the cyclical nature in which these three pieces come together to comprise student engagement. Taking cognitive, behavioral, and emotional engagement into consideration while planning and implementing lessons increases overall student engagement. Research-based strategies and suggestions are provided on how to incorporate each of the areas of student engagement to maximize student success.
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and Future Directions: Characteristics and Teacher Training. Behavioral Disorders, 43(1), 227–243. doi: 10.1177/0198742917704648
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the concept, state of the evidence. Review of Educational Research, 74(1), 59-109.
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Education, 53(2), 106–116. doi: 10.1177/0022487102053002003
Gurses, A., Dogar, C., Gunes, K. (2015). A New Approach for Learning: Interactive Direct
Teaching Based on Constructivist Learning (IDTBCL). Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, 197, 2384-2389. doi: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.07.296
Ikpeze, C. (2013). Increasing Urban Students’ Engagement with School: Toward the
Expeditionary Learning Model. Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 9, 55–64. doi: EJ1027016
Lee, J.S. (2014). The relationship between student engagement and academic performance: Is
it a myth or reality? The Journal of Educational Research, 107(3), 177–185.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00220671.2013.807491
Mustafa, Y. (2016). Analysis of Students School Engagement in Terms of Friendship and
Teachers Behavior. Educational Research and Reviews, vol. 11, no. 22, 2016, pp. 2057–2064., doi:10.5897/err2016.3012
Prykanowski, D. A., Martinez, J. R., Reichow, B., Conroy, M. A., & Huang, K. (2018). Brief
Report: Measurement of Young Children’s Engagement and Problem Behavior in Early Childhood Settings. Behavioral Disorders, 44(1), 53–62. doi: 10.1177/0198742918779793
Reyes, Maria R., et al. “Classroom Emotional Climate, Student Engagement, and Academic
Achievement.” Journal of Educational Psychology, vol. 104, no. 3, 2012, pp. 700–712., doi:10.1037/a0027268.
Rhodes, R. J. (2019). Personal Story Sharing as an Engagement Strategy to Promote Student
Learning. Perspectives on Urban Education, 16(1). doi: EJ1222673
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Published
2020-10-16
How to Cite
Bailey, E. (2020). Student Engagement and Academic Success in Urban Elementary School Classrooms. Learning to Teach Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies Through Research and Practice, 9(1). Retrieved from https://openjournals.utoledo.edu/index.php/learningtoteach/article/view/383
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