Q01
Message
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Teaching Assistant Effectiveness Evaluation Survey
Gathers student feedback on a teaching assistant's clarity, responsiveness, fairness, and classroom presence across lectures, labs, or office hours. Includes a best-worst trade-off on what matters most in a TA and an AI follow-up that digs into the specific moment behind each student's overall rating, surfacing concrete strengths and fixable gaps departments can act on.
Sample questions
A preview of what’s in the template. Every question is editable before you launch.
11 questions · ~6 min
Q02
Multiple ChoiceRequired
In what setting did you most often interact with this TA?
- Discussion or recitation section
- Lab session
- Office hours only
- Grading/feedback only, no in-person contact
- A mix of several of these
Q03
MatrixRequired
How much do you agree with each statement about this TA?
6 rows × 5 columns
- Explains concepts in a way that's easy to understand
- Responds to questions (in person or by email) in a reasonable amount of time
- Gives feedback on assignments that helps me improve
- Creates a respectful, welcoming environment for questions
- Is well-prepared for sections, labs, or office hours
- +1 more
Columns: Strongly disagree · Disagree · Neutral · Agree · Strongly agree
Q04
NumberRequired
In the last month, how many times did you attend this TA's office hours or a session they led outside of required class time?
Q05
Rating ScaleRequired
How would you rate the clarity and usefulness of the written or verbal feedback this TA gives on your work?
Range: 1 – 5
Min:Not useful at allMax:Extremely useful
Q06
Best–Worst Trade-off (MaxDiff)Required
Of the qualities below, which matters most to you in a teaching assistant, and which matters least?
- Deep knowledge of the course material
- Clear, organized explanations
- Fast, reliable responses to questions
- Fairness and consistency in grading
- Approachability and patience
- Enthusiasm for the subject
- Availability outside of scheduled hours
Pick best & worst per setBest:Matters mostWorst:Matters least
Q07
Opinion ScaleRequired
Overall, how effective has this TA been in supporting your learning this term?
Scale: 0 – 10
Min:Not effective at allMax:Extremely effective
Q08
AI Interview
Anchor on the respondent's overall effectiveness rating and ask them to describe one specific, recent moment with this TA (a session, an email exchange, a graded assignment) that shaped that score. If the rating was low, probe what the TA could have done differently in that moment; if high, probe what specifically made it work so the department can reinforce that behavior. If the respondent gives a vague or purely abstract answer, ask for a concrete example before moving on.
Q09
Long Text
Is there anything specific you'd suggest to help this TA improve, or anything you want the department to know?
Q10
Multiple Choice
What is your current class standing?
- First-year
- Second-year
- Third-year
- Fourth-year or beyond
- Graduate student
- Prefer not to say
Q11
Message
That's everything — thank you for your feedback! Your responses will be combined with others and shared with the department to help recognize strong TAs and target support where it's needed.
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 anchors on each student's overall effectiveness rating and digs into the specific moment behind it, surfacing concrete strengths and fixable gaps
- Combines structured measurement (matrix agreement statements, rating and opinion-scale questions) with a best-worst (max-diff) trade-off to identify what students value most in a TA
- Captures context often missed in static forms, such as setting of interaction (lecture, lab, office hours), frequency of office-hour attendance, and class standing, so departments can segment results
- Closes with an open-ended improvement question and an automated report, giving departments both quantitative scores and actionable qualitative detail per TA
SurveyMonkey
Teaching Assistant Evaluation: TA Survey ExamplesThis is a directly comparable, fielding-ready template covering TA evaluation from students, with example questions on clarity and support. It's a static questionnaire built for broad, quick deployment rather than adaptive probing, and it doesn't appear to include a trade-off exercise on what matters most in a TA. SurveyMonkey's strength here is ease of setup and its large template library for academic use cases.
What it does well
- Well-established, easy-to-launch template built specifically for TA evaluation
- Backed by a large, familiar survey platform with broad institutional adoption
- Likely includes standard rating-style questions covering common TA evaluation criteria
Where it falls short
- Static question set with no adaptive AI follow-up to probe the reasoning behind a rating
- No visible best-worst/trade-off mechanism to reveal which TA qualities matter most to students
- No published methodology on how questions were designed or scored, unlike QuestionPunk's transparent prompts and automated per-response quality scoring
Frequently asked questions
What questions are in the “Teaching Assistant Effectiveness Evaluation Survey” template?
The template includes 11 ready-to-use questions, starting with: “Thanks for taking a few minutes to reflect on your experience with your teaching assistant this term. Your honest feedba…” · “In what setting did you most often interact with this TA?” · “How much do you agree with each statement about this TA?”. The full set is previewed above, and every question is editable.
How long does this survey take to complete?
Respondents typically finish the 11 questions in about 6 minutes.
Can I customize this template?
Yes — every question, answer option, and the ordering is editable before you launch. You can add or remove questions, or ask the AI editor to rework the survey around your research goal.
Is this template free to use?
Yes. Open it in the editor and start customizing right away — no account required to try it, and the free plan covers launching your survey.
Ready to launch?
Open this template in the editor. Every part is yours to change before the first respondent sees it.
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