How to Best Faciliate and Measure Cognitive Engagement

• In Event: 29.083 - Poster Session 4
  In Poster Session: 29.083-4 - Poster Session 3: Cognitive Processes

Abstract

We sought to answer two questions: (1) How can educators facilitate students’ cognitive engagement during instruction? and (2) How can educators best measure cognitive engagement? Using a within-subjects Latin Square research design, 169 participants (90 females, 79 males) read 13 200-word essays. Each essay began with one of 13 counterbalanced instructional strategies (10 promoting deep-learning, 3 promoting surface-learning) and was followed by one of 13 counterbalanced measures of cognitive engagement. Cognitive engagement scores were highest with three elaboration-based instructional strategies (e.g., relate the essay to what you already know, paraphrase the meaning of the essay, think critically), and one measure was able to discriminate between participants’ deep vs. surface instruction (Wang et al.’s, 2011, Cognitive Strategy Use measure).

Authors

• Hye-Ryen Jang, Australian Catholic University

• Johnmarshall Reeve, Korea University

• Jee Seul Ahn, Korea University - Department of Education