Module 2-1
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 2
Participants will explore formal and informal methods
of identifying the interests of students and utilize at least four of these methods to discover three interests of each of their students.
Instructions for Enabling Activities
A. Keep a file folder on each child. As you complete an
activity file the information in the child's folder.
B. The first 5 activities are informal means of determining
student interest. Complete activity 1 and then choose
one more informal activity from numbers 2 to 5.
C. Numbers 6 to 8 are formal methods (meaning they have been
used in research and found effective with children.)
Choose two of these activities.
D. As you complete this objective you should have four
interest finders in each child's file. For each child,
make out a form like the one on page 118 and complete the
sections entitled "Name" and "Present Interests."
NOTE: If you teach in a departmental situation you should
choose one of your classes for use in this module.
Enabling Activities
1. Ask your students to keep a log or journal for one week of all the activities, interests, that they engage in both inside
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