School Life Questionnaire (SLQ)

Contact us

Sarah Elder
Project Director
T:03 9277 5561
E: sarah.elder@acer.edu.au

Monty Choi
Administration Officer
T:03 9277 5569
E: slq@acer.edu.au

19 Prospect Hill Rd,
Camberwell, VIC 3124, Australia

• Designed for Upper Primary and Secondary students
• 40 questions
• Approx 40 minutes to complete
• Choice between Paper & Pencil or Online versions
• Can be administered to:
  •  
    • whole school
    • specific year levels
    • groups within year levels

Students respond anonymously to a series of statements by indicating their level of agreement on a four-point likert scale by choosing one of the four alternatives: definitely agree, agree, disagree, definitely disagree.

The SLQ is designed to measure important school outcomes such as attitudes towards

• school in general
• learning
• teachers
• other students.

The general aspects of school life are:

• General Satisfaction (or Positive Affect) reflects favourable feelings about school as whole.
• Negative Affect which refers to negative feelings about school.

The specific aspects of schooling are:

• Teachers which refers to a feeling about the adequacy of the interaction between teachers and students.
• Relevance (previously called opportunity) which represents a belief in the relevance of schooling for the future.
• Success (sometimes called achievement) which reflects a sense of confidence in ones ability to be successful in school work.
• Social Integration (previously called identity) which is concerned with a sense of learning about other people and getting along with other people.
• Status (Secondary version) which indicates the relative degree of prestige accorded to the individual by significant others within the school.
• Adventure (Primary version) represents a sense of self-motivation in learning and that learning is enjoyable for its own sake.

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