Measuring Engagement to Academic Tasks: Design and Validation of the Comp-TA Questionnaire

Table 1

Origin of items from the initial version of Comp-TA.

Item	Content	Source
	Affective dimension
1	In the classroom the content and activities are interesting and engaging.	Rigo and Donolo [26]
2	I enjoy learning and am interested in the subjects and learning activities.	Items: 1,2,3,4,5,6
3	I feel a sense of satisfaction when I complete assignments in class.	Lara et al. [12]
4	I am always curious to learn new things and I enjoy doing the activities.	Item: 7
5	I feel excited when we start a new topic in class.	Elaborated from theory
6	I am very interested in studying new subjects, because it is pleasing to me.	Item: 8
7	What we do at school is very important to me.
8	The tasks proposed for my learning are engaging and motivate me to do them.
	Behavioral dimension
9	I listen attentively to the teacher’s explanations about the task to be solved.	Rigo and Donolo [26]
10	In the discussion of new topics, I actively participate and defend my opinions.	Items: 9,10,11,12,13,14
11	I really try hard in class and on homework.
12	I concentrate hard when the teacher introduces new topics or assignments.	Peña et al. [22]
13	I use different strategies to understand what the teacher teaches and to do the activities.	Items: 15,16,17,17,18,19
14	I always participate in class discussions to solve assignments.
15	I concentrate on what the teacher is explaining in class.
16	I am attentive during class discussions.
17	I try to answer the teacher’s questions.
18	I ask questions to the teacher when I do not understand the content of the class.
19	I don’t give up easily on homework.
	Cognitive dimension
20	When I solve assignments, i reflect on what I have learned and try to gain a new understanding of what I know.	Rigo and Donolo [26]
21	When I read the material given by the teacher to do my homework, I try to distinguish the most important information instead of just reading the text.	Items: 20,21,22,22,23,24
22	In learning tasks, I always try to ask myself questions because they help me to understand central aspects of the subject.	Lara et al. [12].
23	I think of several ways to solve a task and then choose the best option.	Items: 25,26,27
24	I think about what I need to learn before I start working on the task.
25	When i finish a task, I think about whether I have achieved the goal I had set for myself.
26	When I am doing an activity, I make sure I understand as much as possible.
27	When I start an assignment, I think about the things I already know about the topic because that helps me understand it better.