Module 2-1 -117The Interest Finder8
The Interest Finder is a one-page form which asks first for the child's name, age, grade, and sex, the names of his teacher and his school, the date of the investigation. It then asks the child to respond to certain items which have been used more or less widely in earlier studies:
My three wishes:
What I'd like to learn more about at school:
What I don't care to study about:
What I like best in school:
What I like best outside school (that is, away from
school, when I'm not at school):
What I like least at school:
What I like least outside school (that is, away from
school, when I'm not at school):
What I want to be or do when I grow up:
The most interesting thing I have done at school during
the past week or so:
One of the places I especially like to go in ----One of the happiest days in my life:
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Arthur T. Jersild and Ruth J. Tasch, Childrens' Interests and What They Suggest for Education, (New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1949), p. 2.