Version 5.3 Survey Structure

On this page, you’ll find information and overviews of the survey data, which includes psychological constructs and student background information. Below, you’ll see an overview of the psychological constructs and their location in the ABC textbook for version 5.3. Student background information is embedded in the pre-survey.

Survey Structure: Psychological Constructs

Below, you’ll see an overview of the psychological constructs and their location in the ABC textbook for version 5.3.

Click here for an even more detailed overview psychological constructs, version 5.3 {PDF, 56KB} at the item level.

Survey Structure: Student Background Information

Student background refers to information about the students enrolled in the course. Examples of student background information include: age, race, ethnicity, gender, parental education, or major. This information is assessed at the beginning of the course (see below for a detailed overview of the student background information for version 5.3).

Overview of survey changes for version 5.3

In version 5.3, the pulse checks were slightly reworded to better capture students’ motivational beliefs at the chapter level:

• I am confident in what I have learned in the previous chapter
• I think what I have learned in the previous chapter is useful
• I think the previous chapter was interesting
• I was unable to put in the time needed to do well in the previous chapter