PO173: Profiles of Engagement and Disaffection Among Middle School Students

  • PMD: 3,4
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Introduction
  • Poster Session 8: Promoting Academic Success

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. learn about measuring student engagement and disaffection;
  2. understand how profiles of engagement and disaffection may be linked to intervention; and
  3. learn about limitations and future directions in person-centered studies of engagement and disaffection.

Description

Latent profile analyses identified six clusters of student engagement and disaffection among middle school students; clusters varied by student characteristics and indicators of academic and behavioral functioning.

Presenter(s)

Bridget G. Silvert, University of Georgia
Amy L. Reschly, University of Georgia
Kayleigh C. ODonnell, Child and Teen Solutions
Roy P. Martin, PhD, University of Georgia

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