Chinese Student Engagement in Chinese and English Language Subjects From Grade 4 to Grade 6

• In Event: Psychometrics and Educational Measurement Poster Session 2

Abstract

The three-dimensional (i.e., affective, behavioral, and cognitive) conceptualization of student engagement has been the prevalent framework for understanding student engagement, but most existing research has focused on general, rather than subject-specific, student engagement. The present study, by using a structural equation modeling approach, tested the psychometric properties of the measure of student engagement for two language-relevant subject areas (Chinese and English), developed from the general student engagement measures. Confirmatory factorial analysis supported the three-factor model, showing an adequate fit for each subject area. In addition, the model showed configural, metric, and scalar invariance across both gender and grade groups. There were also some latent mean differences on the subject-specific student engagement constructs between gender and age groups.

Author

• Bin-Bin Chen, Fudan University