Student Motivation

What motivates a student to learn

Tools

A red asterisk (*) indicates required questions.

What motivates you to do well in school? Check all that apply*

	Better grades = better jobs later in life
	Parent expectation
	School expectation
	Personal expectation
	I am not motivated to do well in school
	Better grades = better college later in life
	I only come to school for the social environment
	I only come to school because my parents make me
	School is a waste of my time
	Other

If you could make your classes more interesting, what would you do? Check all that apply*

	More videos
	More projects
	Read more books
	Student led discussions
	Web based assignments
	Make Content Relevant
	Put more of my friends in the class so we can socailize
	Other

Think about your favorite class. What makes that specific class your favorite? Check all that apply*

	Relevant content
	Class content comes easy to me
	Little homework
	Personal interest in topic
	Teacher makes class fun
	Interesting discussions
	Quality videos
	Good classroom atmosphere
	Other

Think about your least favorite class. What makes that specific class your least favorite? Check all that apply*

	Content not relevant
	Class content does not comes easy to me
	Lots homework
	No Personal interest in topic
	Teacher makes class not fun
	No interest in discussions
	Out of date videos
	Poor classroom atmosphere
	Other

What would motivate you to do better in school? Check all that apply

	More interesting class topics
	More class projects
	More relevant class content
	Payments for grades
	Less homework
	More enthusiastic teachers
	Ability to complete work on home through the web
	More practical application in each class
	Improve classroom environment
	Other

Teacher & DECA Advisor

Klamath Union High School