Vol. 50 No. 1 (2024): JOURNAL OF INDIAN EDUCATION
Articles

Exploring Gender Disparities in Science Achievement : The Impact of Student Engagement among Secondary School Students in West Bengal

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  • Raj Kumar Pal,
  • Antara Dey
Raj Kumar Pal
Research scholar, Department of Education, Tezpur University, Assam
Antara Dey
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Tezpur University, Assam.

Published 2024-05-31

Keywords

  • Emotional engagement,
  • cognitive engagement,
  • behavioural engagement,
  • science achievement,
  • student engagement

How to Cite

Pal, R. K., & Dey, A. (2024). Exploring Gender Disparities in Science Achievement : The Impact of Student Engagement among Secondary School Students in West Bengal. JOURNAL OF INDIAN EDUCATION, 50(1), p.57-71. http://ejournals.ncert.gov.in/index.php/jie/article/view/4379

Abstract

 This research is a cross-sectional survey that investigates the influence of student engagement on science achievement. Multistage sampling procedures were used to determine the sample of secondary school students (n = 1232). The responses from the respondents were gathered using the student engagement in learning scale and end-of-year examination marks in physical science subject were considered as science achievement. Confirmatory factor analysis and moderation analysis were utilised for data analysis. The findings indicate that there is a significant relationship between student engagement and science achievement. The results show that emotional sub-scale is a better predictor of science achievement (β = 0.23, p<0.05), than behavioural sub-scale (β = 0.32, p<0.05), and cognitive sub-scale (β = 0.38, p<0.05). Thus, this study suggests that school administrators and instructors need to plan and implement interesting activities to increase student engagement.

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