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A Phenomenological Study Of Student Engagement In United States History Classrooms, Emily Louvette Manigault
A Phenomenological Study Of Student Engagement In United States History Classrooms, Emily Louvette Manigault
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The purpose of this phenomenological study is to explore the relationship between student engagement and the perception of academic achievement (learning) by teachers and students in an urban high school social studies course. Over the past several years, educational leaders and researchers have tried to find a cause for a number of issues in public education, including low academic achievement, increasing student drop-out rates and the decline of positive perceptions of schools in general. As a result, there has been increasing research done on the level of engagement that students experience during their schooling. Much of the research has focused …