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Student Motivation and Engagement Survey
Measures what drives students to show up, engage, and keep working across a course or term — effort, interest, and barriers — with an AI follow-up that digs into the real reason behind their biggest motivation dip.
Sample questions
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13 questions · ~7 min
Q02
Opinion ScaleRequired
In the last two weeks, how motivated have you felt to keep up with your coursework?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Not motivated at allMax:Extremely motivated
Q03
Multiple ChoiceRequired
In the last 30 days, how often did you do more than the minimum required for an assignment because you wanted to, not because it was graded?
- Never
- Rarely
- Sometimes
- Often
- Almost every assignment
Q04
MatrixRequired
How much do each of the following affect your motivation to study or attend class?
6 rows × 5 columns
- Feeling like the material is relevant to my future
- Grades and test scores
- Support or encouragement from instructors
- Encouragement or competition from classmates
- Feeling confident I can actually succeed at the work
- +1 more
Columns: No effect · Slight effect · Moderate effect · Strong effect · Major effect
Q05
Best–Worst Trade-off (MaxDiff)Required
From this list, which factor most helps your motivation, and which hurts it most?
- Clear expectations for what's expected of me
- Feedback on my work being timely and specific
- Feeling like I belong in this class
- Workload feeling manageable
- Seeing how the work connects to real goals
- Having some choice in what or how I learn
- Recognition when I do well
Pick best & worst per setBest:Helps my motivation mostWorst:Hurts my motivation most
Q06
Multiple Choice
In the last month, which of these got in the way of your motivation to study? Select all that apply.
- Feeling overwhelmed by workload
- Not understanding the material
- Personal or family issues
- Lack of interest in the subject
- Unclear expectations from the instructor
- Distractions (phone, social media, etc.)
- Health or sleep issues
Q07
Opinion ScaleRequired
How confident are you that you can succeed in this course if you put in the effort?
Scale: 0 – 10
Min:Not confident at allMax:Completely confident
Q08
Rating Scale
How supported do you feel by your instructor(s) when you're struggling with the material?
Range: 1 – 5
Min:Not supported at allMax:Extremely supported
Q09
AI Interview
Ask the student to describe a specific recent moment when their motivation to study or attend class dropped noticeably, and reconstruct what triggered it, what they did (or didn't do) in response, and what — if anything — helped them get back on track. If they rated their confidence to succeed low, probe whether that's about the material, the workload, or something else. Anchor the conversation on concrete recent events, not general attitudes.
Q10
Long Text
If you could change one thing about this course or class to make it easier to stay motivated, what would it be?
Q11
Multiple Choice
What best describes your current year or level of study?
- First year
- Second year
- Third year
- Fourth year or beyond
- Graduate student
- Prefer not to say
Q12
Multiple Choice
How would you describe your gender?
- Woman
- Man
- Non-binary
- Prefer not to say
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Message
Thank you for sharing this so honestly! Your responses will be pooled with others (anonymously) to help instructors and advisors understand what actually helps students stay motivated.
What’s included
AI follow-ups
Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.
Attention checks
Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.
AI-drafted copy
Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.
Auto report
Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.
How it compares
We reviewed the closest templates from other survey tools. Here’s what they do well — and where this template goes further.
Why this template
- Includes a dedicated AI follow-up interview that asks the student to describe a specific recent moment of low motivation, then digs into the real reason behind it — something a fixed question list can't do
- Combines quantitative measures (opinion scale on motivation, matrix of factors affecting study/attendance, max-diff ranking of helps vs. hurts) with open-ended reasoning in a single flow
- Captures concrete barriers via a multi-select 'what got in the way' question and a rating of instructor support, giving both breadth and depth on engagement drivers
- Auto-generated reporting turns the scale, matrix, and interview data into a synthesized picture of what's driving the motivation dip, rather than leaving raw data for manual analysis
Jotform
Student Motivation Survey Form TemplateA ready-to-use static form template covering student motivation, built on Jotform's drag-and-drop form builder. It's fielding-ready out of the box but relies on fixed question sets with no adaptive follow-up. Best suited for teams that want a quick, customizable form rather than deeper qualitative probing.
What it does well
- Fielding-ready template with an established drag-and-drop builder for quick customization
- Broad integration ecosystem typical of Jotform's platform (payment, notification, storage add-ons)
- Free-tier availability for basic form usage
Where it falls short
- No adaptive AI follow-up questioning — same fixed questions for every respondent
- No per-response quality scoring or automated coding of open-ended answers
- No published methodology or prompt transparency since it's a static form, not an AI interview
SurveySparrow
Student Motivation Survey TemplateA conversational-style survey template focused on student motivation, using SurveySparrow's chat-like UI to make the form feel less clinical. It's a ready-to-field template but the conversational format is scripted, not adaptive — it doesn't generate new questions based on a respondent's answer. Good for a friendlier static survey experience.
What it does well
- Conversational one-question-at-a-time UI that can improve completion rates versus dense grid forms
- Purpose-built template specifically for student motivation, not a generic repurposed form
- Supports standard survey logic (skip/branch) common to SurveySparrow's platform
Where it falls short
- No adaptive AI-driven follow-up interview that probes the actual cause behind a motivation dip
- No voice AI interview option or guided screen-share tasks
- No automated per-response quality scoring or transparent prompt documentation
QuestionPro
Course evaluation sample questions and survey templateThis is a course/teacher evaluation template, not a dedicated motivation-and-engagement survey — it's a related but distinct use case (assessing instruction quality rather than diagnosing what drives or blocks student effort). It is a ready-to-field static template on QuestionPro's survey platform, useful as an adjacent reference point rather than a direct motivation-survey competitor.
What it does well
- Ready-to-use, fielding-ready template for course/instructor evaluation
- Backed by QuestionPro's broader survey logic and reporting toolset
- Sample questions cover instructor and course-quality dimensions in depth
Where it falls short
- Focused on course/teacher evaluation rather than student motivation drivers, so topical fit is partial
- No adaptive AI follow-up interview to dig into individual student reasoning
- No automated per-response quality scoring or transparent AI prompt methodology
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