Peer-Led Team Learning Student Leader Survey

Institution _______________ Course name ________________ Professor ________________________

This survey is part of the evaluation of peer-led team learning. Thank you for your participation.

1. How often do workshops meet? __________

2. What is the scheduled length of a workshop meeting? __________

3. For how long do you usually meet? __________

4. How many students are enrolled in your workshop? __________

5. On average, how many students usually attend a workshop? _________

6. What do you think is the best number of students for a workshop? ______________

7. Attendance at the Workshop ( is, is not ) a course requirement. ______________

8. About how much of your time per week is taken by workshop preparation and activities, not including the workshop itself? ______________

9. Please describe the activities as they take place in a typical workshop? ______________

10. Please rate each of the following activities according to workshop time devoted to it. Use the following scale:

1 = almost no time; 2 = a small amount of time; 3 = a moderate amount of time; 4 = a large amount of time; 5 = most of the time.

10. The workshop leader presents ideas and methods. 1 2 3 4 5

11. The leader responds to student questions 1 2 3 4 5

12. Students work on problems in pairs or small groups 1 2 3 4 5

13. Students work on problems alone 1 2 3 4 5

14. Students present solutions 1 2 3 4 5

15. Hands-on activities such as use of models 1 2 3 4 5

16. Use of technology or computer simulations 1 2 3 4 5

17. Are workshop problems good preparation for tests? Please describe.

18. Do workshop materials include challenging problems. Please describe.

Please turn over and complete the items on the other side of this page.

19. Were the workshop materials too difficult or too easy for students in your group? If so, what did you do? ______________

These items are about the Workshop materials. Use the scale to indicate how well materials meet the objective:

1 = materials do not meet this objective at all; 2 = materials somewhat meet the objective; 3 = materials meet the objective rather well; 4 = materials meet this objective very well; 5 = materials are excellent meeting this objective:

20. Well connected to the lecture 1 2 3 4 5

21. Challenging 1 2 3 4 5

22. Developed to review fundamentals 1 2 3 4 5

23. Useful for group work 1 2 3 4 5

24. Motivational 1 2 3 4 5

25. Helpful for individual study 1 2 3 4 5

26. Useful for reinforcing concepts. 1 2 3 4 5

27. What methods are used to get students working together? ______________

28. What do you do for students having difficulty? ______________

29. Did students sometimes discuss personal problems with you? If so, how did you respond to them? ______________

30. What training and support are provided to leaders in how to run workshops, for example in group dynamics or instructional processes? ______________

31. What training and support are provided to the workshop leaders in the knowledge of the discipline? ______________

32. What training a support are provided to the Workshop Leaders in theories of learning and related methods of teaching? ______________

33. What parts of student leader training have been most useful? What do you need more of? ______________

34. How do you interact with the professor teaching the workshop course? ______________

31. What parts of student leader training have been most useful? What do you need more of? ______________

Thank you for your participation.