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Revision with unchanged content. This research examines how innovative approaches to education may enhance student engagement and achievement. This book explores the ways that teachers, administrators, school policies, and educational practices influence students´ cognitive, behavioral, and motivational engagement and how elevated levels of engagement determine educational outcomes.

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Dr. Roberts has a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from NC State University. His research endeavors include the Native American achievement gap, cultural discontinuity in education, and composition. He has taught composition, literature, argument, and literary criticism. He has also presented writing process strategies at various conferences

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