The STEM Semantics Survey measures student interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics as well as interest in STEM careers. The survey is comprised of five scales each with five items measured on a 7-point scale. The STEM Semantic Survey is appropriate for administration to middle school students and teachers.

The link below provides access to the instrument as well as information about the instrument.

Authors provide instrument validity and/or reliability information.

The Scientific Attitudes Inventory II (SAI II) assesses students' interest in science, their attitudes toward science, their views of scientists, and their desire to become scientists. The 40-item SAI II includes position statements of attitudes assessed and attitude statements that were originally included in the original SAI, with changes made only to improve readability and to eliminate gender-biased language. All items use a 5-point Likert scale.  

The Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT) are the most widely used tests of their kind since testing only requires the examinee to reflect upon their life experiences. These tests invite examinees to draw and give a title to their drawings (pictures) or to write questions, reasons, consequences and different uses for objects (words). These instruments have been used for identification of the creatively gifted and as a part of gifted matrices in states and districts in the USA, especially in multicultural settings, and for special populations around the world.

The Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) was developed to measure the types of learning strategies and academic motivation used by college students.  This is a 44-item instrument that uses a 7-point Likert scale.  

The MSLQ is both linked and attached, and its documentation is linked.

The Teacher Academic Support Scale measures a student's perceived support from teachers.The 4-item Teacher Academic Support Scale (Cronbach's et = .84) asks about perceived support for learning, such as 'My teachers like to help me learn.' 

The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) is a self-report measure of subjectively assessed social support.  This 12-item instrument uses a 5-point Likert scale.  It also has 3 subscales: significant other, family, and friends.

The linked article includes the MSPSS itself as well as its documentation, including its development, validity tests, and reliability tests.

Authors provide instrument validity and/or reliability information.

This paper describes the process for creating and validating a Formative Assessment of Instruction (FASI), an assessment test that measures the effectiveness of instruction by probing how well that instruction causes students in a class to think like experts about specific areas of science.  

The Student Academic Support Scale (SASS) is a method of assessing the frequency, importance, and mode of communicating academic support among college students.  The SASS is a 15-item scale that uses a 5-point Likert scale for each item.  

The link provided includes the SASS as well as its documentation.

Authors provide instrument validity and/or reliability information.