Academic Motivation and Engagement: Theoretical Background

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Copyright: 2018
Pages: 55
Source title: Engaging Adolescent Students in Contemporary Classrooms: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Prathiba Nagabhushan (St. Mary MacKillop College, Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5155-3.ch002

Keywords: Curriculum Development and Instructional Design / Education / Information Science Reference / Instructional Design

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This chapter introduces the central theories of academic motivation underlying most previous research into motivation and engagement. Their core constructs will be identified, as well as the behavioral outcomes that they aim to explain. The limitations of the theories are then summarised and Martin's (2003, 2007) Student Motivation and Engagement Wheel (the Wheel) is presented as a comprehensive model of academic motivation and engagement. Finally, age and gender trends in motivation and engagement are reviewed with a special attention given to longitudinal research in Australia.

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