About the Measure
| Domains | Meta-cognition, Motivation, goal orientation and perseverance |
| Key stages | Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
| Subscales | Teacher–student relationships; Control and relevance of school work; Peer support for learning; Future aspirations and goals; Family support for learning |
| Description | This instrument assesses pupils' cognitive and affective enegagment. The TSR, PSL and FSL subscales relate to affective engagement while CRSW and FG are linked to cognitive engagement. |
| Example | Overall, adults at my school treat students fairly |
| Link | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022440506000379 |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 33 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 8-18 |
| Cost single purchase | Free - Available |
| Cost per child | Free - Available |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .76-.88 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | 6-factor solutio |
| CFA | Chi-square(373)= 1603 p< .001 CFI= .96 RMSEA= .04 |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | r= [.01,.25] with Grade Point Average; r= [-.29,.17] with Northwest Achievement Levels Test (NALT) |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Appleton, J. J., Christenson, S. L., Kim, D., & Reschly, A. L. (2006). Measuring cognitive and psychological engagement: Validation of the Student Engagement Instrument. Journal of School Psychology, 44(5), 427-445. doi:10.1016/j.jsp.2006.04.002 Betts, J. E., Appleton, J. J., Reschly, A. L., Christenson, S. L., & Huebner, E. S. (2010). A study of the factorial invariance of the Student Engagement Instrument (SEI): Results from middle and high school students. School Psychology Quarterly, 25(2), 84–93. doi:10.1037/a0020259 Carter, C. P., Reschly, A. L., Lovelace, M. D., Appleton, J. J., & Thompson, D. (2012). Measuring student engagement among elementary students: Pilot of the Student Engagement Instrument—Elementary Version. School Psychology Quarterly, 27(2), 61–73. doi:10.1037/a0029229 |