Girls' interest in science could be substantially increased by presenting scientific concepts in the context of feminine topics. Gender differences as well as individual differences in the level of interest in scientific topics may be taken into account by creating learning environments in which students could select the context in which a certain scientific concept is embedded.
Few studies have used exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and exploratory bifactor factor analysis (EBFA) to define a baseline factor structure model checking the construct-relevant psychometric multidimensionality of student engagement. This study was conducted on a sample of 3,374 students in France, Wallonia-Brussels Federation, and Luxembourg by using EFA and EBFA, and by comparing four confirmatory factor models of student engagement in the classroom. Results indicated the relevance of a bifactor model to disentangle general and specific factors of student engagement in the classroom in relation with student misconduct at school. The study suggests that if student engagement is principally a unidimensional construct, specific latent dimensions also exist (e.g., specific boredom behaviors) that have a substantive value and must be specified to increase quality of measurement and predictive validity.
À travers les constats issus de l’analyse des réponses de 139 parents et celles de leurs enfants fréquentant le cycle 3.1 (âge théorique de 8 ans) de l’enseignement fondamental luxembourgeois à la version révisée du questionnaire d’Hoover-Dempsey et Sandler (1995, 1997), il s’agit de mettre en évidence l’influence du rôle parental et du sentiment de compétence parentale sur le processus de décision des parents à s’engager dans le cursus scolaire de leur enfant. Les résultats mettent en évidence que le sentiment de compétence parentale comme la façon dont les parents perçoivent leur rôle au niveau du cursus scolaire semblent constituer : 1) un élément central au sein de la dynamique d’engagement parental, 2) un élément intermédiaire entre le vécu scolaire des parents (surtout au niveau de leurs propres résultats scolaires) et les variables « enfants » dont, notamment les performances scolaires de ces derniers mais aussi, 3) une composante sujette à l’influence de l’origine sociale et culturelle des familles.
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