To Choose or Not to Choose: Establishing a Correlation between Choice, Collaboration, and Classroom Engagement
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| Title: | To Choose or Not to Choose: Establishing a Correlation between Choice, Collaboration, and Classroom Engagement |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Krisandra Johnson |
| Source: | Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research. 2024 25(1). |
| Availability: | New Prairie Press, Kansas State University Libraries. 137 Hale Library, Manhattan, KS 66506. e-mail: nppress@ksu.edu; Web site: http://newprairiepress.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 25 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Elementary Education Grade 8 Junior High Schools Middle Schools Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Grade 8, Reading Attitudes, Reading Instruction, Language Arts, Learner Engagement, Affective Objectives, Urban Schools, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Student Empowerment, Cooperative Learning, Test Selection, Alternative Assessment |
| ISSN: | 2470-6353 |
| Abstract: | Not all 8th-grade students have an outspoken passion for reading; however, most of them do like choices. This action research study establishes a correlation between offering choices in the English Language Arts classroom and increased affective, behavioral, and cognitive engagement. The participants for this research were an 8th-grade class at a Midwest, urban public school. Providing students with reading choices, assignment options, opportunities to collaborate with peers, and multiple assessment forms to choose from demonstrated an increase of not only effective engagement but also cognitive and behavioral. From observations and student data, collaboration, the researcher determines that collaboration is a crucial aspect of student engagement. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1446661 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Not all 8th-grade students have an outspoken passion for reading; however, most of them do like choices. This action research study establishes a correlation between offering choices in the English Language Arts classroom and increased affective, behavioral, and cognitive engagement. The participants for this research were an 8th-grade class at a Midwest, urban public school. Providing students with reading choices, assignment options, opportunities to collaborate with peers, and multiple assessment forms to choose from demonstrated an increase of not only effective engagement but also cognitive and behavioral. From observations and student data, collaboration, the researcher determines that collaboration is a crucial aspect of student engagement. |
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| ISSN: | 2470-6353 |
