TABLE 3.

Belonging survey derived from the Psychological Sense of School Membership Scale (Goodenow, 1993) as previously modified to measure students’ sense of belonging in a single class (Zumbrunn et al., 2014)^a

Survey item

I feel like a real part of BSCI 1510.

People in this course notice when I’m good at something.

It is hard for people like me to be accepted in this course.*

Other students in this course take my ideas seriously.

The instructors in this course are interested in me.

Sometimes I feel as if I don’t belong in this course.*

There’s at least one instructor in this course I can talk to if I have a problem.

People in this course are friendly to me.

Instructors in this course are not interested in people like me.

I am included in lots of activities in this course.

I am treated with as much respect as other students.

I feel very different from most other students in this course.*

I can really be myself in this course.

The teachers here respect me.

People in this course know I can do good work.

I wish I were in a different course section.*

Other students in this course like me the way I am.

^aStudents indicated agreement with the students using a five-point Likert scale; an asterisk (*) indicates reverse scoring for the item.