abstract

• The main objectives of this research study are: a) to evaluate the levels of academic engagement (AE), in Spanish) in higher education students, b) to validate UWES-S for Spanish (Mexico) with higher education students, and c) to identify associations between AE dimensions and the socio-demographic characteristics of online students. The sample for the study is composed of 223 Mexican students from Potosi enrolled in social administration degrees. The results show that there are two types of students: encouraged and discouraged. Differences in AE levels are influenced by educational institution. There is evidence of increased AE as there is progress in academic trajectory. In addition, there is a correlation between pride in belonging to a degree and happiness inherent to the activities of the degree program. It is concluded that the results obtained serve to support decisions aimed at managing university and pedagogical education processes mediated by information and communication technologies (ICTs). © 2021,Formacion Universitaria.All Rights Reserved

authors

• Sánchez Macías Armando

publication date

• 2021-01-01

published in

• Formacion Universitaria  Journal

keywords

• Academic engagement; Factorial analysis; Online education; Typologies; University students

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.4067/S0718-50062021000600193

PubMed ID

start page

• 193

end page

• 202

volume

• 14

issue

• 6