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I’m currently preparing for next school year. Part of my preparation includes the creation of a student survey. After reading a post from @TerryFErickson I decided to create a survey (similar to this) for my current students.
I’m planning on using the survey data to make changes for next school year. I’ve always valued student feedback via plus/delta charts, but this survey is intended to be utilized for next school year. In order to best meet the needs of my students next year, I wanted to give my current students an opportunity to express their opinions regarding motivation. I believe that motivation is often affected by the classroom climate. The process I used for this survey activity is below.
1.) Students complete the survey. Here is the beginning of the survey:
2.) After students complete the survey, I complied the results and displayed the data from different classes. (Click to enlarge)
3.) The class reviewed the data.
Based on this survey, the top three things that motivate my students are:
- The teacher shows she/he cares about you and the other students in the class
- The teacher shows that she/he really loves to teach and learn
- The teacher uses technology when teaching
This activity took two class sessions to complete. After a rich classroom discussion about the data, students concluded that the main factor that helps motivate them to learn is the teacher.
Educational Aspirations 
This is such a great way to improve your teaching practice and it is obvious that you really do care to do that. You have inspired me!
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I’m not surprised that showing that one cares about the students and that one loves teaching them rank highly. The technology point surprises me, though I admit I’m old-fashioned in that way.
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