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Table 3 Correlations between the engagement score and several self-report measures of motivational, emotional, and cognitive engagement (N = 1807)

From: Development and initial validation of an online engagement metric using virtual patients

 

No. of

Survey Items

Task value

Boredom

Elaboration

Engagement

Engagement Score

̶

.19

−.18

.14

.17

Task value

5

(.93)

−.42

.68

.71

Boredom

4

 

(.93)

−.28

−.38

Elaboration

4

  

(.90)

.75

Engagement

3

   

(.88)

  1. Note: Cronbach’s alphas for the self-report scales are presented in parentheses along the diagonal. All correlations are statistically significant at the p < .001 level