noun phrase · academic
student engagement
UK/ˈstjuːdənt ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt/US/ˈstuːdənt ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt/STU·dent en·GAGE·ment
the degree to which students are interested in, committed to, and involved in learning activities
Examples
“High student engagement is linked to better retention rates in universities.”
“Interactive tasks were introduced to increase student engagement in the lecture.”
“Measuring student engagement helps teachers know whether lessons are effective.”
Band 8 sentence
“Institutional strategies that foster student engagement—such as active learning and regular formative checks—consistently correlate with higher completion rates.”
Collocations
- increase student engagement
- foster student engagement
- measure student engagement
Word family
Common mistakes
increase the students' engagement→increase student engagement
students engagement→student engagement
Say it for a higher band
5class participation→6classroom participation→7+student engagement
Synonyms
classroom participation
Easily confused
classroom participation
“Classroom participation increased after the teacher started using group tasks.”
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