Describe your learners and goal. Makeform creates an editable survey of interest, confidence, effort, persistence, belonging, and participation.
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Sample prompts for the survey builder
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Audience
Students reflecting on a class or subject
Format
Short pulse survey with five-point scales
Prompt size
310 chars
Example survey structure
Short pulse survey with five-point scales
I am interested in what we learn in this class
I keep trying when an assignment is difficult
What most gets in the way of your learning?
What helps you want to learn?
Suggested analysis tags
High engagement
Mixed confidence
Support requested
Keep scale labels and direction consistent within each question group.
Step 1
Define
audience, constructs, timing, and purpose
Step 2
Draft
plain-language items and consistent scales
Step 3
Collect
share one link and protect student choice
Step 4
Review
compare patterns and plan a response
Why measure motivation
A focused survey separates interest, confidence, expectations, support, and barriers so teachers can choose a relevant response.
Group items by interest, value, confidence, effort, persistence, belonging, and participation rather than using one vague rating.
Compare scaled patterns, then use optional comments to understand experiences the scale missed.
Explain the purpose, avoid collecting unnecessary identity data, make sensitive items optional, and tell students how their feedback will be reviewed.
Built for learning settings
Start with the setting closest to yours, then change the vocabulary, timeframe, response scale, and follow-up plan before sharing.
Track confidence, workload, participation, and help-seeking while instruction can still change.
Review belonging, adult support, relevance, and participation across grades while protecting small groups.
Repeat a stable core of questions before and after tutoring, mentoring, orientation, or enrichment programs to examine directional change.
Organize constructs, study information, participation language, and necessary background variables.
Survey workflow
Build around one decision, then align wording, collection, and interpretation with it.
Decide whether results will guide instruction, identify support, compare time points, or answer research. Include only relevant dimensions.
Replace jargon, keep one idea per item, name a timeframe, and use consistent scale labels.
Pilot with the intended age group, fix unclear wording, test conditional paths, and publish.
Review distributions and item groups, pair numbers with comments, note limitations, and share next steps.
Survey design choices
Match survey depth, frequency, and identity settings to the intended use.
Field guide
Use six building blocks to create an understandable, interpretable instrument.
Interest & value
Interest reflects curiosity; value reflects usefulness. Keep them separate because a difficult subject may still matter.
Confidence
Ask about confidence with specific learning tasks, not whether a student is generally smart. Name the task and timeframe.
Effort & persistence
Ask about attention, strategy changes, and responses to mistakes without implying effort alone solves workload or access barriers.
Belonging & support
Ask whether students feel respected, included, and able to get help so difficulties are not placed entirely on the learner.
Behavioral engagement
Name the activity and period, and offer not applicable when participation opportunities differ.
Context & safeguards
Explain the purpose, identity setting, reviewers, and use. Do not promise anonymity when links or fields identify respondents.
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Open toolFAQ
Practical answers for teachers, school teams, program evaluators, and education researchers.
It asks about learner interest, value, confidence, effort, persistence, belonging, support, and participation. Treat results as a snapshot, not a diagnosis, and interpret them with context.
Start with the decision. Select relevant items for interest, value, confidence, effort, persistence, belonging, help, and participation. Add an optional barrier question and comment.
Five-point scales are compact; seven-point scales provide more detail. Label them, keep direction consistent, and match agreement to beliefs or frequency to behavior. Add not applicable when needed.
Choose anonymous collection for group patterns without follow-up. Use identified responses only when required and explain access. Links or fields that identify respondents remove anonymity.
A pulse may use six to twelve items; research may need several per construct. Remove unused questions, state the time, and pilot with the intended age group.
Yes. Keep core wording, scales, and collection conditions consistent. Plan how responses will be matched and explain it. Differences show directional change but do not alone prove the program caused it.
Review distributions and item groups, not only averages. Examine missingness and context, read comments with scales, document limitations, and avoid high-stakes decisions from one survey.
Yes. Makeform offers unlimited free forms and responses, so you can generate, edit, publish, and reuse surveys without a response cap. The paid tier removes the Makeform badge. Review every item before sharing.
Turn student voice into a clearer next step.
