Student Surveys Student Surveys Student surveys are an effective way to assess all aspects of active learning. In particular, surveys are useful in assessing affective learning objectives such as those related to changes in students’ attitudes, perceptions or perspectives (Schulte and Carter, 2004; Wee et al. 2004; Lingefjard and Holmquist 2005). Surveys can also provide direct feedback from students on the effectiveness of the instructor's teaching and the students’ satisfaction with the course (Czaja and Blair 2004; Walker and Kelly 2007; Combs et al. 2008; Koc and Bakir 2010). A survey is an assessment mode as well as a measurement tool. Because surveys are often used to assess attitudes, a level of agreement or disagreement is generally measured. For example, a typical five-level Likert item might be: 1-Strongly disagree, 2-Disagree, 3-Neither agree nor disagree, 4-Agree, and 5-Strongly agree. Open-ended (non-structured) questions and closed-ended (structured or fixed response) questions are also used in surveys. An open-ended question might be: “What did you like best about the Peace Summit Simulation?” If the survey uses closed-ended questions, then choices would be provided and the students would be required to respond within the confines of those choices. For instance: