Exploring university students’ engagement and motivation: critical factors

This study investigates the factors critical for success regarding students’ motivation and engagement in learning at Jordanian universities. A questionnaire was employed as the quantitative research method to measure students’ evaluation of factors. Simple sampling was used to obtain a group of 265 university students in Jordan, to whom the questionnaire was distributed. Data analysis was performed using descriptive analysis, Pearson correlation, and regression analysis. The results of the study indicated that assessments, students’ attitudes, learning styles and teaching styles positively related to university students’ motivation and evidenced that assessment, teaching/learning strategy, and student attitudes significantly influence students’ learning motivation. These results offer practical insights for educators and students and contribute to the theoretical understanding of the online learning setting by review and discover proper methods for investing in the necessary tools to enhance the quality of students learning in higher education institutions. Moreover, the findings will help policymakers and university administrators identifying the major predictors of university students’ successful motivation and engagement in online learning, which have largely remained underexamined in the literature.