The Effect of Students' Engagement on Performance Based on Learning Management System Data

• In Event: AERA Graduate Student Research-in-Progress Session 3
  In Roundtable Session: Identity, Engagement, and Inclusion in Learning and Instruction (Table 3)

Abstract

"This research leverages learning management system (LMS) data, specifically Canvas log data to examine the effect of students' academic engagement on academic performance.
It aimed at answering one research question and one sub-question:
Does students' academic engagement influence academic performance?
Does the effect heterogenous based on demographic characteristics of students? The results show the significant effect of engagement on performance and the effect of engagement is more salient for first-generation and racial minority students."

Author

• Jiayu Zheng, Johns Hopkins University