Evaluating Student Engagement in the Social Studies Classroom

• In Event: Saturday Roundtable Session 1:15 pm
  In Roundtable Session: Engaging Our Students and Ourselves: Teaching in New Dimensions and Contexts (Table 11)

Abstract

This study seeks to develop a framework for evaluating the implementation of high-quality civic learning opportunities through observations of teachers and students in the social studies classroom. In particular, we focus on how a set of targeted skills are practiced (i.e., teacher input via lesson structure and facilitation) and to what extent they result in positive student engagement. Furthermore, we examine whether a coding guide based on the Interactive, Constructive, Active, Passive (ICAP) theory could sufficiently measure student engagement in the social studies classroom or whether adjustments need to be made to account for the unique characteristics of the content area.

Authors

• Leah Bueso, University of Illinois at Springfield

• Erica Hodgin, Facing History and Ourselves

• Joseph E. Kahne, University of California - Riverside

• Marsha M. Ing, University of California - Riverside