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A problem faced by educators is the disengagement of students on their academic life (Covell, McNeil & Howe, 2009). There are reported students who totally disconnect with their studies that resulted to poor academic performance or failure (Parsons & Taylor, 2011). One of most educators’ objectives is for their students to engage in their studies, which leads to the success of their academic experience (Butler-Kisber & Portelli, 2003). Hence, educators seek to foster learning and support students to attain their academic goals. Apparently, educators are finding ways and hoping for their students to become successful learners.
One of the responsibilities of a school counselor is to provide academic support to students, especially those who experience …show more content…

Student engagement is advocated for being related to desired educational results such as improved learning, persistence in school and graduation (Pascarella & Terenzini, 2005). It is noted as a significant construct for conceptualizing student non-persistence and a good indicator for dropout possibilities (Christenson, Reschly, Appleton, Berman, Spanjers, & Varro, 2008). Miller, Demoret and Wadkins, (2009) believe that the student engagement concept is the possible answer to the diminishing academic motivation and success. Correspondingly, there are studies that considered it as one significant predictor of student achievement and behavior (Parsons & Taylor, 2011; Appleton, Christenson, & Furlong, 2008), which makes it an attractive focus for researchers and educators (Grier-Reed, Appleton, Rodriguez, Ganuza & Reschly, 2012; Hu, …show more content…

Hart, Stewart & Jimerson, 2011, concluded that further studies should be done to enhance conceptualization and measurement of student engagement. However, it is agreed that student engagement is influenced by different contexts and a mediating variable for student success.
Moreover, according to Willms, Friesen, and Milton (2009), the founding theoretical studies in student engagement, dominated in primary and secondary school emphasize on increasing academic success, sense of belongingness, and positive behavior. Since most of the theoretical and empirical studies are dedicated on the elementary and high school students, future research of student engagement for college students is necessary (Grier-Reed et al. 2012)
It is assumed that further understanding the engagement construct may guide educators for preventive measures on damaging consequences of student disengagement and help develop positive outcomes for students who are at-risk. (Hart et al. 2011). Understanding student engagement is beneficial for providing a guiding heuristic for intervention (Dunleavy & Milton, 2009; Reschly et al. 2007). Therefore, educators may provide intervention efforts to address problems on disengagement (Wang, 2013; Christenson et al., 2008). Consequently, identifying student engagement may aid educators, academic psychologists, psychometricians,

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