In this study that aims to motivate struggling students and helping them to improve their learning achievement, we designed and tested an E7-based approach in a virtual laboratory environment. We rely on cognitive load theory and self-determination theory to enable our approach to meet the cognitive and noncognitive needs of struggling students. This study adopts the pre-experimental method with the design of the pre and post-test, an experimental group and a control group. We evaluated the effect of the intervention on motivation and learning achievements by using a motivation test and the students' assessment by their teachers. One of the results of this study is the success of our approach in motivating struggling students and helping them to improve their learning achievements.