Version 5.4 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 5.4. 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 5.4.

Click here for an even more detailed overview psychological constructs, version 5.4 {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 5.4).

Overview of survey changes for version 5.4

Added or replaced:

• Replaced intrinsic value pulse check item with mindset pulse check item

Removed:

• Utility for job item
• Performance and mastery goal orientation
• Programming anxiety scale
• Memorization item
• Deep thinking and understanding concept item
• Perceptions of instructor value
• Incoming course concerns
• Language (student background)
• One item each for mindset and expectancy at both mid timepoints
• Math anxiety items from mid1 and mid2 survey
• Utility value activity in chapters 4 and 8

Reworded or moved:

• Reworded all mindset items to capture statistics ability/intelligence rather than general mindset beliefs or mathematic specific mindset beliefs