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. 2018 Summer;17(2):es3. doi: 10.1187/cbe.17-11-0239

TABLE 2.

Key features of the ICAP framework of student engagement (as proposed and documented in Chi and Wylie, 2014)

Category Description Knowledge-change process Example behaviors Cognitive outcomes
Passive Receiving Storing Reading, listening or viewing without note taking or other overt processing Recall
Active Manipulating Integrating Transcribing notes, highlighting text, rehearsing Application
Constructive Generating Inferring (integrating, comparing, explaining, reflecting) Self-explaining, making concept maps, taking notes of one’s own Transfer
Interactive Dialoguing Co-inferring (taking turns generating knowledge and incorporating feedback) Defending a stance, explaining and querying each other, debating options Co-creation