Student Leadership Measurement Library
This survey includes three validated scales for measuring different aspect of engagement: behavioral engagement, emotional engagement, and cognitive engagement. This scale takes about 30 minutes to administer and can be administered to groups of students, if necessary. You can read the research on the tool here: https://www.childtrends.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Child_Trends-200…
Constructs Being Measured
How to Access and Cite
Contact the Teach For All TACL team for more information on this resource.
Outcome Families
Programmatic Purpose-terms
Instrument Characteristics
Likert scale self-response
Primary students
Applicable Grade Levels-terms
Supporting Research
Source: Fredericks, J.A., Blumenfeld, P., Friedel, J., & Paris, A. (2005). School engagement. In K.A. Moore
& L. Lippman (Eds.), What do children need to flourish?: Conceptualizing and measuring indicators of
positive development. New York, NY: Springer Science and Business Media.
Available Languages
Rationale
The behavioural, emotional and cognitive aspects all seem to focus on the student's ability to express how one is feeling and how manages himself/herself. The cognitive engagement category explores students' motivations for learning.
Points to Consider
For more guidance on measuring student learning and best practices in adapting measurement tools to your contexts, check out the Portal page on Monitoring and Evaluation. You can also contact Alvin Vista (Knowledge Lead, Student Outcomes) and Robbie Dean (Director of Research) for specific questions.