FACTORS INFLUENCING ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: A META-ANALYSIS STUDY
Abstract
- Education is the life-wire of every nation. But there is a general outcry that the standards of education are falling and morals flagging in many parts of the world. As a solution for ineffectiveness of education, many educators described that the intended outcomes can be made through academic engagement. In order to know whether the academic engagement actually works in the enhancement of education sector, the present study analyzed the relative strengths of the associations between academic engagement and internal and external factors by meta-analysis approach. First of all, the researcher searched the literature via different search engines_ Google, Google Scholar, PsycINFO, and Academia using the keywords_factors influencing/ affecting academic engagement, determiners of academic engagement, and predictors of academic engagement. After screening 153 studies, 23 studies with combined sample size ranging from 91 to 2368 participants, which met all the required criteria were identified. For reporting meta-analyses, PRISMA statements were followed. According to meta-analysis results, academic self-efficacy, academic satisfaction, academic performance, motivation, and valuing were found to be the related internal factors which influence academic engagement. And gender, lecturers’ teaching styles and grade were also found as related external factors. In addition, it was found that motivation was the strongest internal factor influencing academic engagement. As engagement plays an important role in the academic setting of university students, they all need to possess a relatively high level of academic engagement. The findings of the present study will provide the various influencing factors of academic engagement aiming to be a good support for enhancing an essential factor of education sector.
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Year
- 2020
Author
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Khin Mar Myint
Subject
- Educational Psychology
Publisher
- Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS)