Task Engagement Across Disciplines

Using an evidence-based model developed by Egbert and colleagues, editors Joy Egbert and Priya Panday-Shukla provide a comprehensive overview of task engagement for teachers and researchers. Research has positioned task engagement as central to student learning, and Egbert and Panday-Shukla now collate this research into a resource that teachers can utilize. The chapters address how task engagement theory, evidence, and instruction can be applied to increase learner achievement. The editors and contributors draw from backgrounds across science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) education and other disciplines to present task engagement and connect its importance to the success of today's students. Chapters include background information, resources, exercises, and ideas for teachers and researchers to extend the research behind individual elements of the task engagement model into practice. Each chapter focuses on one component of the model and includes guiding questions and key points, a "how-to" section, and recommended tasks for K-adult classroom use. Though ideal for teacher education research scholars, students, and faculty, this book is useful for instructors at all levels interested in integrating task engagement principles into their practice.

Joy Egbert is Regents Professor of Education Technology and English Language Learners at Washington State University, USA. Priya Panday-Shukla is currently finishing her doctoral coursework in the Language, Literacy, and Technology program at Washington State University, USA.

1. Introduction to Task Engagement Across the Disciplines Joy Egbert Part 2: Task Engagement Facilitators 2. Exploring Interest in Task Engagement Priya Panday-Shukla & Joy Egbert 3. Authenticity as a Facilitator of Task Engagement Haixia He & Intissar Ahmed Omar Yahia 4. Facilitating Task Engagement through Social Interaction Seyed Abdollah Shahrokni 5. Using Learning Support to Provide Opportunities for Task Engagement Keun Huh & Joy Egbert 6. The Role of Challenge-Skills Balance in Task Engagement Mehdi Mirlohi & David Herman 7. Reima Abobaker & Irene Silas Part 3: Task Engagement Indicators 8. Tingting Wang & Carolyn FitzGerald 9. Joy Egbert & Jo Ann Arinder 10. Ali Asiri & Dini Arini Linking Agentic Indicators to Task Engagement Eugenie Mainake & Hadir Alderaan 12. Jennifer Fredricks Part 4: Measures, Designs, and Contexts for Task Engagement 13. Measures and Instruments Jennifer Fredricks 14. Priya Panday-Shukla 15. Amy L. Reschly & Elyse Farnsworth Part 5: Task Engagement Resources 16. Estephanie S. López Contreras & Zixing Li 17. Task Engagement Resources: Indicators Zixing Li & Estephanie S. López Contreras