Student Engagement and ICT Tools in Science Education

Abstract

This study is a descriptive literature review that identified effective information and communication technology (ICT) tools for science education in developing student engagement based on recent literature and studies. The different ICT tools were categorized into communication, collaborative, instructional, content development, assessment and administrative tools and the specific domains of student engagement that they developed were determined. Based on the findings, there is a wide range of ICT tools that are proven to be effective in developing student engagement and most of these tools supported the development of behavioral engagement followed by cognitive, emotional, social, and the least is agentic dimensions. This necessitates the need to investigate how ICT tools can be applied to develop students’ autonomy in learning. Future research can consider contextual and demographic variations in the utilization of ICT tools. Examining how combinations of ICT tools can impact the development of all the dimensions of student engagement may also be considered along with longitudinal studies.