Teacher Motivation Survey
1. How do you go about motivating your students? Circle all that apply
VERBAL PRAISE PUNISHMENT ENCOURAGEMENT
TOKEN ECONOMY/REWARD SYSTEM CRITICISM
MATERIAL REWARDS
OTHER______________________
2. Do your students talk to you about issues in their lives outside of school? YES NO
3. Overall, would you consider your students to be motivated to achieve? YES NO
4. Do your students motivate each other to do well in school? YES NO
5. Do your students encourage each other in the classroom? YES NO
6. In general, what motivates your students the most in school? _____________ ______________________________________________________________
7. Overall, do your students expect to do well in school? YES NO
8. To what degree do you believe that your students can do anything they wanted or they tried hard enough?
STRONGLY SOMEWHAT DO NOT BELIEVE BELIEVE BELIEVE
9. Do your students believe that they could do anything they wanted if they tried hard enough?
STRONGLY SOMEWHAT DO NOT BELIEVE BELIEVE BELIEVE
10. Please list some things that you do in class to make it interesting for your students.
11. Are some of your students more or less motivated than others? Why?
12. Do you motivate different students differently?
How do you determine what will motivate a specific student?
15. Do you think that connecting lessons to the real world motivates students?
***Please answer the following questions with a number 1-5, according to this rubric:
1 2 3 4 5 Not at All Very Little Somewhat Frequently Almost Always
16. How important is it to you that your students succeed? ____
17. How important is it to your students that they succeed? ____
18. How much do you think you, as a teacher motivate your students to succeed? ___
19. How much effort are you able to put into motivating your students to do their best in
school? ____
20. How often do you encourage your students to do their best in school? _____
21. How often do you give your students positive, affirming statements? _____
22. Which types of teaching activities do you do the most in your classroom? (Mark all that apply)
Teacher lectures
Doing a project
Taking notes
Writing about a subject
Doing a hands on activity
Participating in a debate
Reading the text book and answering questions
Working cooperatively in a group
Working cooperatively with a
partner
Working on the computer
Other (please specify)
Below please write any additional comments you may have about your role as in teacher in motivating your students.
