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In recent research, academic engagement, as one of the constructions that influence academic achievement is taken into consideration. One of the challenges in the field of this construction is the assessment and measurement of this construction and its components. Hence, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of Reeve and Tseng academic engagement questionnaire, on a sample of high school boys and girls in Bandar Abbas. Subjects for the study, 364 first grade high school students who were selected by cluster sampling method. The research instrument was a 22-items questionnaire. To assess the validity of this questionnaire, confirmatory factor analysis was used. After analysis, the factor structure of the questionnaire was confirmed. Results showed that reliability coefficient equal to 0.87 for this inventory. Generally, the results showed that academic engagement questionnaire is appropriate to measure this variable and its components among high school students in Bandar Abbas and can to satisfy the needs of this field somewhat.
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