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• TITLE: Defining Concepts of Student Engagement and Factors Contributing to Their Engagement in Schools

  AUTHORS: Manisah Mohd Ali, Noorfaziha Hassan

  KEYWORDS: Student Engagement, Peers, School, Teacher Support, Family

  JOURNAL NAME: Creative Education, Vol.9 No.14, October 29, 2018

  ABSTRACT: Student engagement has been widely studied and has been linked to success in academic achievement. This paper focuses on contextualizing student engagement in classroom by discussing the different definition based on previous related studies on student engagement. It will answer questions on the different definitions on student engagement have been developed in previous studies and what are the factors contributing to students’ engagement in classrooms. It is found that good engagement is defined by the quality of engagement shown in relation to the kind and context of attachment. Three factors related to a good engagement were identified which are family factor, school factor and peer factor. This paper implies on the need for support from different parties for positive student engagement in schools.