Özet:

The construct of student engagement has been interest of the researchers due to its importance for the problems like school disconnection, school dropout, substance and alcohol use and commit an offense. During the school years, student engagement with school may decrease, initially at the psychological domain and later at the cognitive domain. The Student Engagement Instrument measures the students’ psychological and cognitive engagement with school. This study aims to adapt the instrument for Turkish students from secondary school through high school. The instrument was translated into Turkish by expert as an initial step. Later, this instrument was administered to 2043 students. The factor structure of the instrument was examined through confirmatory factor analysis. A series of CFA’s was conducted and the six-factor structure of the original instrument was confirmed for Turkish language. Reliability evidences for these measures have been provided by calculating Cronbach α values. Based on CFA results and Cronbach α values, it is concluded that the instrument could yield valid and reliable measures of psychological and cognitive engagement and their five components for Turkish students

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