Title :
Identifying engagement indicators to support educational research
Author :
da Rocha Seixas, Luma ; Gomes, Alex Sandro ; de Melo Filho, Ivanildo Jose
Author_Institution :
Centro de Inf., UFPE, Recife, Brazil
Abstract :
This work aims to present engagement indicators in support of educational research. It is known that the difficulty of engagement of students remains one of the biggest challenges faced by teachers. Usually the research show indicators or engagement variables in order to see if there was any change in the context of its interventions in the teaching process mediated by technology or not. The method used consisted of narrative type of literature review whose purpose search synthesize the individual studies on specific topics. The result showed ten (10) engagement indicators. Importantly, these can serve as support for future research in the educational field as well be applied as a strategy to identify the level of engagement of students in the various modalities of teaching.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; teaching; educational research; student engagement indicators; teaching process; Bibliographies; Context; Instruments; Learning management systems; Psychology; Publishing; Educational Studies; Engagement; Indicators;
Conference_Titel :
Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI), 2015 10th Iberian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Aveiro
DOI :
10.1109/CISTI.2015.7170357