Student Opinion Scale
Expert NotesStrengths:Designed specifically to assess test-taking effort and perceived importance, helping researchers interpret performance on low-stakes assessments. Validated with diverse U.S. 10th graders, including ELL students, with evidence that scores function similarly across language groups.
Cautions:Recent research supports the Effort subscale more strongly than Importance. Scores should not be interpreted as direct measures of students’ academic motivation or ability.
Topics: Student LearningTags: Motivation, Student engagementThe Student Opinion Scale (SOS) is a brief self-report survey designed to measure students’ motivation and effort when completing a test or other assessment. It focuses on whether students are engaged in the assessment process and whether they put forth sufficient effort to make their test…Short Inventory of Learning Patterns
Expert NotesStrengths:Validated with Belgian higher-education students; strong evidence for measuring and comparing students’ learning strategies and patterns over time. Used to examine relationships between learning patterns, motivation, teaching, and academic achievement.
Cautions:Limited validation with K–12 students and U.S. students; most evidence comes from higher education and Belgian or European contexts.
Topics: Student LearningTags: College readinessThe Short Inventory of Learning Patterns (SILP) is a self-report questionnaire that measures students’ approaches to learning and studying. It assesses different learning patterns, including how students process information, regulate their learning, and work with others.The SILP can be used in…Self-regulatory Failures Behaviors Scale
Expert NotesStrengths:Validated with U.S. college students to measure everyday self-regulation failures. Used to examine whether self-regulation relates to willpower beliefs and college GPA.
Cautions:Limited validation beyond U.S. college students; includes behaviors beyond academic self-regulation, such as eating, spending, and emotion control.
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Motivation, Student engagementThe Self-Regulatory Failures Behaviors Scale is a self-report measure that assesses behaviors associated with difficulty regulating thoughts, feelings, or actions in everyday life. It focuses on self-regulation failures, such as difficulty maintaining intended behaviors or following through on…Self-Regulation Questionnaire - Learning
Expert NotesStrengths:Validated with college students in medical and organic chemistry contexts; useful for examining how instructional environments relate to students' autonomous versus controlled motivation for learning. Adapted for online learning with college students (α = .87); a Peruvian university study also supported a 2-factor structure (autonomous and controlled regulation).
Cautions:Limited validation with K-12 students.
Topics: Student LearningTags: College readinessThe Self-Regulation Questionnaire–Learning (SRQ-Learning) is a self-report survey that measures students’ reasons for engaging in learning activities. It is based on self-determination theory and distinguishes more autonomous forms of motivation from more controlled forms of motivation. The measure…Self-Regulation Questionnaire - Academic
Expert NotesStrengths:Strong reliability; validated with U.S. school-age students to assess different types of academic motivation and self-regulation. Useful for examining how students’ motivation relates to effort, persistence, and engagement in schoolwork. Portuguese adaptation exists.
Cautions:Limited validation with college students and adult learners.
Topics: Student LearningTags: College readinessThe Self-Regulation Questionnaire–Academic (SRQ-A) is a self-report survey that measures students’ reasons for engaging in academic activities. It focuses on different forms of motivation, ranging from external reasons, such as rewards or avoiding consequences, to more internal reasons, such as…Self-Regulation Questionnaire
Expert NotesStrengths:Strong reliability; validated with adults for assessing general self-regulation across everyday behaviors. Useful for examining relationships between self-regulation and behavioral or health-related outcomes.
Cautions:Limited validation with K–12 and college students; measures general self-regulation, not academic self-regulation or academic achievement.
Topics: Student LearningTags: College readinessThe Self-Regulation Questionnaire (SRQ) is a 63-item self-report survey that measures general self-regulation, or a person’s ability to plan, carry out, monitor, and adjust behavior to achieve goals. The questionnaire was developed around a seven-step model of self-regulation, including receiving…Self-Regulated Online Learning Questionnaire
Expert NotesStrengths:Designed and validated specifically for online learning and MOOCs; assesses students’ self-regulated learning strategies in this context. Tested with both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis.
Cautions:Limited evidence for K–12, face-to-face, or non-online learning contexts.
Topics: Student LearningThe Self-Regulated Online Learning Questionnaire (SOL-Q) is a self-report survey that measures students’ self-regulated learning behaviors in online learning environments. It assesses strategies related to planning, monitoring, effort regulation, and seeking help during online learning.The SOL-Q…Self-Regulated Learning Scale
Expert NotesStrengths:Very strong reliability; validated with 840 students using four dimensions of self-regulated learning.
Cautions:Limited validation outside Turkish students and the original study context; not established for predicting academic achievement or evaluating instructional effectiveness.
Topics: Student LearningTags: College readinessThe Self-Regulated Learning Scale is a self-report survey that measures students’ use of strategies for managing and directing their own learning. The scale assesses four areas of self-regulated learning: forethought, control and regulation, monitoring, and evaluation and self-reflection. It is…