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Cooperative methods are a powerful tool for improving both student engagement in school and writing competence. This study examined the effects of a cooperative method embedded in a writing strategy instructional program on student engagement in school, namely on their cognitive, affective, behavioral, and personal agency dimensions. Using the Students' Engagement in School: Four-dimensional Scale (SES-4DS), 213 ninth grade students (from 14 to 17 years old) were evaluated before and after the intervention. Two conditions were created: an experimental group where a cooperative method associated with a writing strategy instructional program was implemented and a control group where students were instructed with a writing strategy instructional program. Over a six-month period, the experimental students participated in a cooperative experience embedded in a writing strategy instructional program, whereas the control students were instructed with writing strategy method. Results indicated that, when compared with the control, the experimental students increased their levels of behavioral and affective engagement but not their levels of cognitive engagement, personal agency, and total engagement. Implications of these results, limitations and directions for future research are analyzed, and discussed.

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ResumoO envolvimento pode ser considerado um fator decisivo na manutenção da participação dos alunos na sua aprendizagem, sendo isso particularmente relevante quando se trata de áreas muito exigentes, como a composição escrita. É assim que a relação entre o envolvimento e o desempenho acadêmico tem sido amplamente documentada, embora o caso da escrita tenha sido menos estudado. No presente trabalho, procurou-se saber se o envolvimento escolar se relaciona com o desempenho acadêmico e com a composição escrita. Através de um estudo correlacional, 213 alunos do 9º ano de escolaridade responderam ao Questionário de Envolvimento dos Alunos na Escola, que inclui as dimensões comportamental, afetiva, cognitiva e agenciativa. Os mesmos alunos escreveram um texto argumentativo que foi avaliado do ponto de vista da sua qualidade global e da sua estrutura. Recolheram-se, ainda, as notas obtidas em várias disciplinas e dados relativos às repetências. Pelo estabelecimento de correlações, verificou-se que o envolvimento está associado ao rendimento escolar e à escrita, mas, neste último caso, apenas à sua qualidade global. Constatou-se, também, que as diferentes dimensões do envolvimento não se relacionam de igual modo com o desempenho acadêmico e com a escrita, destacando-se a ausência de uma associação com a componente agenciativa. Sendo possível concluir-se pela existência de uma relação entre envolvimento e desempenho acadêmico e escrita, apontam-se algumas das principais limitações do presente estudo e indicam-se linhas de investigação futura que ajudem a perceber alguns dos resultados encontrados. Palavras-chaveEnvolvimento na escola -Composição escrita -Desempenho acadêmico. AbstractEngagement can be considered as a crucial factor in maintaining student participation in their own learning, mainly in demanding areas such as written composition. It is this way that the relationship between engagement and academic achievement has been broadly documented, although the case of writing has been less studied. This study intended to investigate if engagement is related to academic achievement and written composition. Through a correlational study, 213 ninth-graders answered to the Questionnaire on Students Engagement in School, which includes behavioral, affective, cognitive, and agentic dimensions. The same students wrote an argumentative text that was evaluated from the point of view of its global quality and structure. Data related to students' grades in different subject areas and students' retentions were also collected. By establishing correlations, it was observed that engagement is associated with academic achievement and also with writing, but only with global quality of writing. It was also found that the different dimensions of engagement were unequally related to academic achievement and writing, being particularly noticeable the absence of an association with agentic dimension. Conclusion was the existence of a relationship between engagement and academic achievement and writing, some of the main limitations of the...

ResumenApresenta-se um estudo que testa a eficácia de dois métodos de ensino de estratégias para a redação do texto argumentativo a alunos do 9.º ano de escolaridade. Após a 1.ª parte de instrução, comum aos dois grupos, que incidiu nas estratégias do programa Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD), os 121 alunos do grupo experimental (GE) trabalharam na planificação do texto argumentativo no contexto colaborativo do jigsaw, tendo os 109 alunos do grupo de controlo (GC) trabalhado individualmente. No presente artigo, para além do racional que sustenta a investigação, descreve-se o método, dando particular ênfase aosmateriais, instrumentos e procedimentos. Palabras clave: texto argumentativo, Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD), jigsaw, ensino explícito, estratégias de planificação AbstractThe present investigation tested the effectiveness of two methods of teaching strategies to 9 th grader for persuasive writing. After the first part, common to both groups, which focused on Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD), the 121 students of the EG performed the planning tasks of the persuasive text in the collaborative context of the jigsaw; meanwhile the 109 students of the CG worked individually. In this article beyond the theoretical supports of the research, the method will be described with particular emphasis on the materials, instruments and procedures.