Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
Created along the Motivation and Engagement Wheel, the Motivation and Engagement Scale consists of eleven motivation and engagement subscales congruent with the eleven first-order factors in the Wheel (i.e., self-efficacy, valuing, mastery orientation, planning, task management, persistence, anxiety, failure avoidance, uncertain control, self-handicapping, and disengagement). The eleven subscales can be separated into four major groups representing the four higher-order motivation and engagement factors (i.e., adaptive cognition, adaptive behaviour, impeding cognition, and maladaptive behaviour). Each of the eleven MES subscales comprises four items; hence, the MES is a 44-item instrument. To respond to the MES, a 7-point Likert-type scale, ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree), is provided‚ with a 1(strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree) scale for use with elementary/primary school students. MES has been adapted for use in 3 different educational stages (primary/elementary school MES-Junior School, high school (MES), university/college MES-University/College) and 3 additional performance domains (Music MES-Music, Work MES-Work, Sport MES-Sport). An 11 item short form is also available. Subscore(s): Self Efficacy, Valuing, Mastery Orientation, Project Planning, Task Management, Persistence, Anxiety, Failure Avoidance, Self/Inhibitory Control, Self-handicapping, Disengagement, Motivation, Engagement
Organization
Topic
Collection Category(ies)
American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.
Content
Grades
Post secondary
Keywords
Student Well-Being ; Social-Emotional Competence ; Self Management ; Self Awareness ; Responsible Decision Making ; Self Efficacy ; Valuing ; Mastery Orientation ; Project Planning ; Task Management ; Persistence ; Anxiety ; Failure Avoidance ; Self/Inhibitory Control ; Self-handicapping ; Disengagement ; Motivation ; Engagement
Languages
English
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
10-15 minutes, 44 items
Administration
Paper
Access and Use
Contact
Corresponding Author: Andrew J Martin
Education & Social Work Faculty, Univ. of Sydney
andrew.martin@sydney.edu.au
Open Access
No
Setting
College
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Liem, G.A.D., & Martin, A.J., (2012). The Motivation and Engagement Scale: Theoretical framework, psychometric properties, and applied yields. Australian Psychologist, 47, 3-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-9544.2011.00049.x Martin, A.J., (2007). Examining a multidimensional model of student motivation and engagement using a construct validation approach. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 77, 413-440, http://dx.doi.org/10.1348/000709906X118036
Martin, A.J., (2009). Motivation and engagement across the academic life span: A developmental construct validity study of elementary school, high school, and university/college students. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 69, 794-824. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0013164409332214
