| Summary: | The aim of this study is to learn more about how teachers experience student’s engagement and how they work to engage their students. The study focuses on teachers who teaches the lower grades. The essential method of the study is semi structured interviews with teachers who teach mathematics in grades 1-3. The study showed that teachers characterize student engagement in that students are positive, curious, involved, show interest and that they take initiative. This indicates a behavioural engagement. The teachers work with level adjustment and varying teaching to engage the students which indicates a cognitive engagement. Important prerequisites for a student involvement were smaller groups and to meet the students’ needs and interests. One condition that was considered to have a negative effect on student engagement was a lack of time in teacher’s planning and teaching. The conclusion shows that teachers look at student engagement through behavioural engagement but that they work to increase student engagement through cognitive engagement.
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