Students Interval Study Achievement 1982 to 1988, SIL B

Development of achievement habits of college students in the course of studies,
conditions and factors of achievement development in the first year of studies.
Topics:
Primary qustionnaire:
leisure sport;
extent to which informed;
moral orientations on structuring life;
culture and leisure activities;
reception of fiction and poetry and films;
social-political sense of responsibility;
ideological solidarity;
defense preparedness;
attitude to exercise of power in the GDR and technical progress;
moral superiority of socialism;
world view;
SED membership;
FDJ function during studies;
study achievements and achievement scholarship;
dealing with private study;
topic work, departments;
self-assessment regarding achievement and activity in seminar group;
frequency of attending courses;
mastering study demands;
satisfaction with study achievements
compared to high-school graduation achievements and
personal achievement evaluation;
significance and expression of personality characteristics and
estimative or cognitive achievement dispositions relevant to achievement;
scientific work style;
personality characteristics relevant to leadership;
forms of scientific-productive activity;
study activity or other activity forms and time expended for this;
relationship between teachers and students or communication;
conditions for achievement successes and failures;
relationship and cooperation with fellow students, social relations;
conversation partner for subject problems and expectations of these;
belonging to a discussion circle;
use of sources of information;
attitude to path of education, college studies, subject;
first names during studies;
personal significance of college education;
occupational anticipations and wishes regarding deployment;
identification as student;
readiness to make an effort, certainty of study success;
soliditarity with subject and occupation;
employment with subject problems;
opinions of studies and training prior to practical training;
social reputation of subject area;
orientations with private study;
orientation criteria for evaluation of personal study achievement;
reaction to criticism;
attitude to change of college, subject area;
considering premature interruption of course of study and
current desire to terminate;
structuring and evaluation of time outside of lectures;
psycho-physical complaints;
personal well-being;
smoking habits;
sicknesses in the first year of studies;
monthly finance budget;
technical and belletristic books purchased;
commuting times;
study assignments on weekend;
frequency of trips home;
form of housing and housing desire;
satisfaction with working and living conditions;
concepts of partnership and personal structuring of family life;
partner mobility;
current firm partner relation, partner also student in university city;
feeling of happiness;
sense of firm partner relation during studies;
current pregnancy and children.
New participants (for non-participants in SIL A):
children;
path of education to high school graduation, high school graduation grade;
self-assessment of school achievement in high school graduation class;
qualifications and activities before studies;
application for admission to college;
activity, qualification and party affiliation of parents;
reason for non-participation in first survey.
Special questionnaire Koslow:
future concepts;
inclination to certain forms of activity;
attitude to attending courses;
learning habits in the first year of studies;
changes recommended for section or college.
Special questionnaire sport:
motivation and attitudes to sport and personal athletic activity;
desires in structuring sport instruction or college sport group;
form of participation in sport instruction;
frequency and length of leisure sports;
participation in competetions in the first year of studies;
sport achievement test;
sport knowledge.
Special questionnaire on the study of the basics of Marxism-Leninism (MLG):
dialectic and historical materialism in the first year of studies:
assessment of the lecturer or seminar leader;
assessment of lectures or seminars and seminar atmosphere;
proportion of private study requirements taken care of;
subject interest.
Special questionnaire college teaching (HP 1):
favorite and least liked lecture or seminar in the first year of studies:
assessment of teachers, lectures, seminars and seminar atmosphere;
proportion of private study requirements taken care of;
self-assessment of study achievement, achievement sixth;
subject interest.
Special questionnaire college teaching (HP 2):
courses in selected subject in the first year of studies:
assessment of the lecturers and seminar leaders;
assessment of lectures and seminars, seminar atmosphere;
proportion of private study requirements taken care of;
self-assessment of study achievement, achievement sixth;
subject interest.
Subject area questionnaire technology:
attitudes to scientific-technical progress in the GDR and to social security;
personal responsibility of the engineer;
consequences of the achievement principle in the GDR;
significance and expression of technical abilities and knowledge;
extent to which informed about future occupation;
attitude to scientific creativity;
expected social and technical changes until the year 2000.
Subject area questionnaire economics:
interest in special subject area; assessment of the study of economics;
attitude to the occupation as economist, to the study of economics and
to management function;
consequences of the achievement principle in the GDR;
leading position in the group and community;
leader qualities;
attitude to various forms of leader training in studies;
wish regarding occupational deployment;
subjective conditions for management function after studies;
associations with "leadership of people".
Subject area questionnaire medicine:
favorite and least liked lecture segment in the subject anatomy
in the first year of studies:
assessment of teachers, lecture segments, seminars and seminar atmosphere;
self-assessment of study achievement;
proportion of private study requirements taken care of;
subject interest;
personal significance of individual factors for later medical occupation;
attitude to medical openness regarding patients.
Subject area questionnaire country:
interest in agricultural scientific problems;
wishes regarding occupational deployment;
special occupation attitudes;
technical commitment above and beyond obligatory studies;
housing desire after conclusion of course of studies;
attitudes to leader abilities.
Subject area questionnaire music:
special occupation attitudes;
student receiving special support;
training as music teacher;
wishes regarding occupational deployment;
public appearances;
level of achievement;
assessment of major subject instruction, teacher in major subject;
attending special schools;
age at decision to become a musician and influence on decision;
stimulus for musical instrument.
Subject area questionnaire teacher:
courses in subject combination foundations of education, history of education:
assessment of teachers, lectures and seminars, seminar atmosphere;
self-assessment of study achievement, achievement sixth;
proportion of private study requirements taken care of;
subject interest;
attitudes to and tie with teaching studies;
study demands;
effects of forms of FDJ work on successful teaching studies;
personal significance of individual aspects of teacher education;
characteristics and abilities for the teaching profession;
change recommendations for educational science instruction or
subject combination.