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Student engagement is complex, and the model of student engagement as the synergistic interaction between motivation and active learning is simply one contribution to an ongoing discussion of both what student engagement means and how to promote it. Motivation and active learning are twin helices that work together synergistically. Helping students feel as though they are part of a learning community, ensuring as much as possible that students are appropriately challenged, and establishing classroom conditions where students can learn holistically promote synergy because they integrate elements of both motivation and active learning. By looking for ways to contribute to the synergy, teachers can promote increased levels of student engagement. Our understanding continues to evolve and deepen as the dialogue continues. We next turn our attention to how this theoretical model plays out in the practice of the college classroom.