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Version 1.2 – Updated June 2023

Concentration-Persistence-Engagement

Overview

  • Influence: Concentration-Persistence-Engagement
  • Domain: Student
  • Sub-Domain: Perseverance and confidence
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
  • Influence Definition: Engagement involves focusing on a task and persisting despite challenges. Engagement moves from disrupting, withdrawing, avoiding, participating, driving, and striving.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 10
  • Number of studies: 550
  • Number of students: 340,337
  • Number of effects: 1,202
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.41
  • Robustness index: 5

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Educational Review Kumar USA A meta-analysis of the Relationship between Science Instruction and Student Engagement. 1991 Engagement in science 16 4,518 102 1.09
Dissertation Aker USA A Meta-Analysis of Middle School Science Engagement 2016 Engagement in science 79 53,971 79 0.37
Educational Research Review Fong, Krou, Johnston-Ashton, Hoff, Lin, & Gonzales USA LASSI's great adventure: A meta-analysis of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory and academic outcomes 2021 Concentration 211 71,854 265 0.29
Social Behavior and Personality Lei, Cui, & Zhou China Effects of academic emotions on achievement among mainland Chinese students: A meta-analysis 2016 Engagement 69 196,473 163 0.56
Psychological Bulletin Randall, Oswald, & Beier USA Mind-wandering, cognition, and performance: a theory-driven meta-analysis of attention regulation. 2014 Less mind wandering 27 0 27 0.56
Journal of Open Learning Sun, Want, & Zhang China A meta-analysis of the relationship between behavioral engagement and academic achievement. 2021 Behavioral engagement 52 0 52 0.53
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education Lindstrom, Chow, Zimmerman, Zhao, Settanni, & Ellison USA A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Relation Between Engagement and Achievement in Early Childhood Research 2021 Engagement 21 13,521 199 0.49
Review of Educational Research Quin Australia Longitudinal and contextual associations between teacher–student relationships and student engagement: A systematic review 2017 Engagement 14 0 14 0.67
ICIC Express Letters Chang, Chien, & Chou Taiwan Meta-analysis approach to detect the effect of student engagement on academic achievement 2016 Engagement 33 0 33 0.49
Dissertation Mikolashek USA A meta-analysis of empirical research studies on resilience among students at-risk for school failure 2004 Resilience for at-risk students 28 0 268 0.03
TOTAL/AVERAGE 550 340,337 1,202 0.51
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