Multi-factor based enhancing students’ motivations

Abstract

Student motivations are affected by many factors that are classified as intrinsic or/and extrinsic. This will influence students' engagement and consequently impacting their performance. To build a better judgment on the factors that affect student motivation, a comprehensive study should be applied in order to identify all factors and their drivers and how they influence student's motivation. Some of these factors have negative impact on motivation, while other have positive impact. In this paper, a multifactor based motivation has been assessed to distinguish the positive from negative factors. Then controlling student's motivation to enhance student engagement can be done through controlling these factors. The negative factors would be minimized or eliminated, and the positive factors will be encouraged and improved. Teaching institutions, universities and teachers play essential role in controlling these factors toward better motivation. A recommendation has been given to control the motivation factors that would lead to better student's engagement and performance.