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Student Opinion Scale
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…View InstrumentSelf-regulatory Failures Behaviors Scale
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…View InstrumentSelf-Efficacy for Programming and Physics
Topics: Student LearningTags: Motivation, Student engagementThe Self-Efficacy for Programming and Physics measure is a self-report questionnaire designed to assess students’ confidence in their ability to use programming and physics skills in a modeling-based learning context. It focuses on self-efficacy for tasks involved in representing and solving…View InstrumentScience Motivation Questionnaire II
Topics: Student LearningTags: Motivation, Student engagementThe Science Motivation Questionnaire II (SMQ-II) is a 25-item self-report questionnaire that measures students’ motivation to learn science in college courses. It includes five subscales: intrinsic motivation, self-determination, self-efficacy, career motivation, and grade motivation. The…View InstrumentPerceived Stress Questionnaire
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: MotivationThe Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) is a 30-item self-report survey that measures how much stress a person perceives in their daily life. It includes items related to factors such as tension, interpersonal conflict, and perceived demands. The PSQ can be administered in two forms: a General…View InstrumentAcademic Self-Efficacy Scale
Topics: Student LearningTags: Motivation, Student engagementThis 10-item scale elicits students’ expectancies/beliefs in relation to academic performance. The scale was designed to reflect Bandura’s (1986) definition of self-efficacy in terms of initial decision to act, effort expended in acting and perseverance in the face of obstacles.Higher scores…View InstrumentWNSLAE Academic Motivation Scale
Topics: Student LearningTags: Motivation, Student engagementThe WNSLAE Academic Motivation Scale is a brief self-report survey developed for the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education (WNSLAE). It measures students’ academic motivation through items about their willingness to work hard to learn, interest in learning beyond course requirements, the…View InstrumentSelf-Directed Learning Readiness Scale
Topics: Student LearningTags: Motivation, Student engagementThe Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale (SDLRS) is a 52-item survey instrument. It is a diagnostic tool used to measure a person's readiness for self-directed learning. Self-directed learning is the amount of responsibility a person accepts for their own learning. This readiness can vary based…View InstrumentSelf-Determination Scale
Topics: Student LearningTags: Motivation, Student engagementThe self-determination scale is a 10-item scale that was developed to assess a person's self-determination and individual differences in autonomous decision-making. Includes 2 subscales: awareness of one-self and choice in one's action. View InstrumentScale of Determining Sources of Self-Efficacy Belief
Topics: Student LearningTags: Motivation, Student engagementThe Scale of Determining Sources of Self-efficacy Belief is a survey tool used to measure the factors that influence a student’s self-efficacy. It defines self-efficacy as beliefs that underlie all behaviors. These beliefs consist of mechanisms for efficacy and outcome expectations.The scale is…View InstrumentProject for Educational Research That Scales
Topics: Student LearningTags: Motivation, Student engagementThe Project for Educational Research That Scales (PERTS) survey is a 15-item self-report scale. It measures four academic mindsets: growth mindset, sense of belonging, task relevance, and self-efficacy. The purpose of the tool is to promote "healthy collective action". It helps teachers provide…View InstrumentPerceived Stress Scale
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Motivation, Stress and copingThe Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) is a 14-item survey instrument. It measures a person's global level of perceived stress. Specifically, it assesses the degree to which an individual appraises situations in their life as stressful. The PSS uses Likert-style items to determine how unpredictable,…View InstrumentPatterns of Adaptive Learning Scales
Topics: Student LearningTags: Motivation, Student engagementThe Patterns of Adaptive Learning Scales (PALS) is a 5-item survey instrument. The items are self-reporting scales that examine the connection between the learning environment and students' motivation, affect, and behavior based on students' sense of belonging within a college community. The tool…View InstrumentPatterns of Adaptive Learning Scales
Topics: Student LearningTags: Motivation, Student engagementThe Patterns of Adaptive Learning Scales (PALS) is a 5-item survey instrument. The items are self-reporting scales that examine the connection between the learning environment and students' motivation, affect, and behavior based on students' sense of belonging within a college community. The tool…View InstrumentOverall Sense of Belonging subscale
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Belonging, MotivationThe Overall Sense of Belonging subscale is a brief, 3-item survey that measures how well students connect to their school community. The tool is designed for students in their first year of college. It assesses how students integrate into both academic and social environments. The subscale contains…View InstrumentIntrinsic Motivation Inventory
Topics: Student LearningTags: Motivation, Student engagementThe Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (IMI) is a multidimensional survey. It measures how much interest and enjoyment a student feels during a specific activity. This tool is based on Self-Determination Theory (SDT). It assesses three basic needs: competence, autonomy, and relatedness. When schools…View InstrumentGrowth Mindset Scale
Topics: Student LearningTags: Motivation, Student engagementThe Growth Mindset Scale is a three-item questionnaire designed to measure how much individuals believe they can increase their intelligence through personal effort. Published by Carol Dweck in 2000, this self-report tool uses a 6-point Likert scale to distinguish between a "growth mindset" and a …View InstrumentGeneral Self-Efficacy Scale
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Motivation, Stress and copingThe General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE) is a 10-item self-report survey used to measure a student’s belief in their ability to handle difficult tasks and cope with daily stressors. Originally developed by researchers Matthias Jerusalem and Ralf Schwarzer in 1981, the scale was later shortened from 20…View InstrumentCollege Self-Efficacy Inventory
Topics: Student LearningTags: Motivation, Student engagementThe College Self-Efficacy Inventory is a 20-item survey instrument. It measures a student's confidence in their own abilities to succeed in college. The instrument is focuses on multiple areas that affect student adjustment and learning. These areas include self-concept or self view, self-esteem or…View InstrumentCollege Learning Effectiveness Inventory
Topics: Student LearningTags: Motivation, Stress and copingThe College Learning Effectiveness Inventory (CLEI) is a survey instrument created in 2008 designed to assess issues that impact college students' performance. This includes academic success and persistence. It is composed of six scales: Academic Self-Efficacy, Organization and Attention to Study,…View InstrumentCollege Chemistry Self-Efficacy Scale
Topics: Student LearningTags: Motivation, Student engagementThe College Chemistry Self-Efficacy Scale (CCSS) is a survey instrument developed to assess the confidence of college students in their ability to perform essential tasks in chemistry. The scale is structured around three key dimensions of chemistry-related self-efficacy: self-efficacy for…View InstrumentECLS Social Rating Scale (Teacher version) – "Approaches to Learning" Subscale
Topics: Student Well-BeingThese 6 items were used along with social skills and behavior items adapted from the Social Skills Rating Scale (SSRS) by Gresham and Elliot (1990) in the ECLS-K: 2010-2011.View InstrumentTeacher Engagement Report Form – New (TERF‑N)
Topics: Student Well-BeingFrom the same study that created the SESQ (Student Engagement in Schools Questionnaire) the TERF-N is a teacher-report form measuring teacher perceptions of student engagement (affective, behavioral, cognitive) for each student. The TERF-N is a revision of the Teacher Engagement Report Form…View InstrumentYDEKC Student Engagement, Motivation, and Beliefs Survey
Topics: Student LearningTags: Student engagement, MotivationThis document is a student engagement, motivation, and beliefs survey that contains statements for students to rate their level of agreement on a scale. Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that may have been sourced from the instrument publisher's or author’s website …View InstrumentMotivation and Engagement Scale (MES)
Topics: Student LearningTags: Student engagement, MotivationThe Motivation and Engagement Scale consists of eleven motivation and engagement subscales congruent with the eleven first-order factors in the Wheel. Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that may have been sourced from the instrument publisher's or author’s website (or…View InstrumentMotivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ)
The MSLQ assesses learning strategies and motivation in college students. The motivation scales assess (1) value (intrinsic and extrinsic goal orientation, task value), (2) expectancy (control beliefs about learning, self-efficacy); and (3) affect (test anxiety). The learning strategies section is…View InstrumentRenaissance Fundamentals Survey
Topics: Student LearningFormerly called Pupil Attitudes to Self and School® (PASS), the Renaissance Fundamentals survey assesses how students feel about school and themselves as a learner, including connectedness, self-efficacy, and motivation. The Renaissance Fundamentals survey can be used as a universal screener to…View InstrumentREACH (Developmental Relationships) Survey
Topics: Student Well-BeingThis survey measures social, emotional, and other factors on a student's learning motivation. It can be used to capture a one-time snapshot of academic motivation drivers or administered multiple times to assess change in students' motivation and strengths over time. Subscore(s): Motivation Note:…View InstrumentExpectancy-Value-Cost
Topics: Student Well-BeingThe EVC scale was developed based on the Expectancy-Value model to understand motivational factors. This brief 10-item scale is designed to be a rapid measure reflecting student's perceptions of the extent they think they can be successful and the extent that they think a task is worthwhile. This…View Instrument