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and outside of school. Give them time in class everyday to write this log and suggest that they be as specific as
possible. For example, if they write that they watched
TV, ask them to write the program and time. If they attended
a scout meeting, ask them to explain everything they did
at the meeting.
2. Have the children do an art project that would reveal interests. For example, suggest that they look through a magazine and cut out all the pictures, captions, etc. that
say "WHO AM I" and make a collage.
3. Use the medium of creative writing to discover the
interests of children. Examples might be used such as the
ones on pagel09 of this module.
4. Conduct an informal observation of each student. Single out one individual to study, at a time, and keep an anecdotal
record of his activities. A suggested list of clues to watch for when observing children is given on page 111.
5. Have children bring snapshots of themselves at their favorite spot at school and conduct a discussion sharing
explanations of pictures.
6. In a research study on childrens questions, Emily Baker discovered that this can be a valuable means of determining