Module 2-1 -104Answer Key for Study Guide
1. A criterion for judging whether interest is being used
rightly is growth or development of students.
2. Interest is active when the student becomes involved and
actively concerned with a matter. It is objective when it does not limit his interests to feelings but embodies them
in objects of regard. It is personal when it represents
a direct concern something at stake.
3. "Making things interesting" involves bringing to consciousness the relationship new material has to experiences
that already have significance for the child.
4. Example of direct interest play
Example of indirect interest fractions in math take on
interest when related to dividing a pie for distribution to
6 class members.
5. Educative interest may be shown through
a. Physical activity Using the body to learn. Play
and occupational activities are examples of this
type.
b. Sensory-motor activity Use of tools or applying
one material to another. Examples might be painting,
carving, sewing.
c. Intellectual interest Becoming interested in a
problem as a problem and in inquiry and learning
for the sake of solving the problem.
d. Social interest Interest in other persons and in
their activities and aims.
6. It implies that teachers are responsible for developing new
interests in students. Teachers should also be aware of whether their curriculum is interesting to students and
devise ways of causing uninteresting material to become indirectly interesting. It would also be helpful to periodically determine new interests of students and capitalize
on this information to enrich the curriculum.
7. Check your answers with the research study.