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 5-point Likert-type scale, ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree), is provided. An 11 item short form is also available.
Content
Self Efficacy, Valuing, Mastery Orientation, Project Planning, Task Management, Persistence, Anxiety, Failure Avoidance, Self/Inhibitory Control, Self-handicapping, Disengagement, Motivation, Engagement
Administration Information
Must be affiliated with a school or a psychologist/counselor (Not available for parents to purchase)
Access and Use
Option 1- $96.45
-Includes MES pdf, user manual, scoring and profile templates, Excel data entry template, testing guidelines
Option 2- $333.87
-Option 1 + complete Excel data file (once all respondents take MES)
Option 3- $519.35
-Option 1&2 + inclusion of norms (Motivation Quotient-similar to IQ score, Motivation Grades A, B, C, or D) for each student on all 11 motivation factors in Excel file, scoring of raw student data
Option 4- $667.74
-Options 1-3 + set of individual motivation and engagement student profiles and student tip sheets (tip sheet includes advice sheets for all 11 parts of M&E Wheel)
Option 5-$1334.27
-Includes Options 1-4 + school report (school report includes results on 11 factors as a school, broken down by grade and gender, all compared against norms, and difference of genders and grades from norms is also reported)
Corresponding Author:
Andrew J Martin
Education & Social Work Faculty, Univ. of Sydney
andrew.martin@sydney.edu.au
Martin, A.J., Anderson, J., Bobis, J., Way, J., & Vellar, R. (2012). Switching on and switching off in mathematics: An ecological study of future intent and disengagement among middle school students. Journal of Educational Psychology, 104, 1-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0025988
Martin, A. J. (2008). Motivation and engagement in diverse performance settings: Testing their generality across school, university/college, work, sport, music, and daily life. Journal of Research in Personality, 42(6), 1607-1612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2008.05.003
Psychometrics
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., Malmberg, L. E., & Liem, G. A. D. (2010). Multilevel motivation and engagement: Assessing construct validity across students and schools. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 70(6), 973-989. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013164410378089
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