The Me and My School survey

The Me and My School survey

The first and largest section is entitled Me and My School and is concerned with a global measure of student engagement. Student engagement refers to the level of connection and commitment students have to school and learning: uses behavioural, affective and cognitive aspects:

Behavioural engagement refers to participation in school and learning Affective engagement is concerned with students’ emotional responses Cognitive engagement refers to students’ commitment to, and involvement in learning

The second section, Reading and Me provides a snapshot of students’ engagement in reading The last section, More about Me is concerned with a range of environmental variables that may affect students’ reported engagement levels

The first and largest section is entitled Me and My School and is concerned with a global measure of student engagement. Student engagement refers to the level of connection and commitment students have to school and learning: uses behavioural, affective and cognitive aspects:

Behavioural engagement refers to participation in school and learning Affective engagement is concerned with students’ emotional responses Cognitive engagement refers to students’ commitment to, and involvement in learning

The second section, Reading and Me provides a snapshot of students’ engagement in reading The last section, More about Me is concerned with a range of environmental variables that may affect students’ reported engagement levels

THE PROFILETHE PROFILE We Used a sample - 65 students randomly

selected across the spectrum of year 9 and 10 classes.

The following numbers of students from our school were involved in the survey: Girls: 28 Boys: 31 Year 9: 30 Year 10: 29 NZ European: 38 Maori: 7 Pacific: 13 Asian: 4 Other: 3

We Used a sample - 65 students randomly selected across the spectrum of year 9 and 10 classes.

The following numbers of students from our school were involved in the survey: Girls: 28 Boys: 31 Year 9: 30 Year 10: 29 NZ European: 38 Maori: 7 Pacific: 13 Asian: 4 Other: 3

The measuresThe measuresA raw survey score is calculated by assigning a number to each response (strongly disagree = 0, disagree = 1, agree = 2, and strongly agree = 3) and then adding these together to make a total score

A raw survey score is calculated by assigning a number to each response (strongly disagree = 0, disagree = 1, agree = 2, and strongly agree = 3) and then adding these together to make a total score

The student engagement and reading engagement scales used by MMS have been constructed by applying Rasch Measurement

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SPENDING TIME OUT OF SCHOOL