Term | Source | Definition |
Engagement | | The participation of students in the activities held at the school |
| | The level of participation of students in academic and non-academic activities and students’ appreciation of schooling goals. |
| | The quality of effort shown by students in educational activities contributes to expected outcomes. |
| | The quality of contact or participation of students with the efforts shown in the school which covers social relationships, activities, goals’ value and the environment. |
| | Denotes relationship, participation, attachment and integration within the environment or task. |
School Engagement | | Emotional engagement (positive and negative reactions to teachers, peers, academics and schools). |
| | Affective, behavioral and cognitive engagement among students with peer groups, in the classroom and at school. |
| | Continuous engagement (including behavioral, emotional and cognitive components) and responses to challenges. |
| | Types of affective engagement (feelings about school, teacher and peers), behaviors (observable actions) and cognitive (perceptions and beliefs). |
Students Engagement | | Cognitive, behavioral and affective desires to participate in specific tasks in the daily activities of the school. |
| | Desire, need, the will of the students to engage in routine school activities such as attending classes, assigning teachers’ assignments and following teachers’ instruction in the classroom. |
| | Presenting oneself to school, participating in organized activities in tandem with the persistent effort and feeling of “sense of belonging”. |
| | The student psychological process includes attention, interest, application and effort in learning. |
| | Cognitive/intellectual/academic, social/behavior/participation and emotion (relationship between feeling with school includes achievement, school climate, relationship with teachers and peers). |