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Martin, A.J. (2022). How to use the Motivation and Engagement Wheel to keep students on board.
In ‘The Times Higher Education Campus Magazine’, May,
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-use-motivation-and-engagement-wheel-keep-
students-board
Summary: No university or college educator would dispute the important role of motivation in their
students’ academic development. Motivation is alive and well – or unwell – in every student and
every class, from undergraduate to doctoral level. Motivation is also generally easy to recognise;
it’s pretty obvious when a student is motivated and when a student is not. But from here, things get
murky. Is motivation one thing, or many things? Is it all good, or are there negative aspects to
motivation? How do we assess students’ motivation? How do we sustain motivated students? How
do we support unmotivated students? This article unpacks and answers these questions.