Passive learning environments to teach programming concepts, especially in large lecture classes, hinder students' motivation, performance and may adversely affect their achievement goals. The study presents the use of two instructional strategies, teamwork, and reflective thinking, using educational technologies introduced in a class of 120 first-year engineering students. This study also presents the impact of educational technologies based learning environment on students' motivation, achievement goals, and engagement. [This paper was published in: "Proceedings of ACM International Computing Education Research (ICER'19), August 12-14, 2019, Toronto, ON, Canada," ACM, 2019, pp.321-322.]