Case Study - Student Interest Inventory

Name: Pwint Suu Date:9/14/11

1a. What is your job? What is your weekly schedule like? Cashier at her parents business, a mini market. She works usually 5 days a week, but it depends on her amount of homework as to how much she works.

1b. Do you think that having a job affects your school work? Do you feel like you get more stressed out than before you had a job? Do you sometimes have trouble finishing schoolwork because you have to work? Have you ever missed school because of work? She has never missed school because of work, but she definitely finds it stressful to have to get all of her work done on top of having to work. She feels a lot more pressure, but feels like she can handle it.

1. What is your favorite activity or subject in school? Why? Your least favorite? Why? Art. Her least favorite is math. She has been taking math for 5 years and she finds it repetitive and boring.

7. If you could learn about anything you wanted to, what would you choose to learn about? Be specific. (For example: science-fiction writing, meteorology, architecture, Shakespeare, Africa.)

She thinks maybe architecture because it has to do with art, or maybe Shakespeare because she finds the language interesting. She was born in Thailand and moved here in 1998, so different languages and learning more about English interests her.

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9. What clubs, groups, teams, or organizations do you belong to? Include both school activities and those not sponsored by the school. She used to play basketball her freshman year and is thinking of joining the outdoor club so that she can put it on her college resume so that it looks good.

11. Have you ever taught yourself to do something without the help of another person? If so, what? The only thing she could think of was drawing. She found her brothers drawings and then imitated them. At one point,
Adapted from The Interest-A-Lyzer, by J.S. Renzulli (Mansfield Center, CT: Creative Learning Press, 1997). Used with permission. From Differentiating Instruction in the Regular Classroom: How to Reach and Teach All Learners, Grades 312 by Diane Heacox, Ed.D., copyright 2002. Free Spirit Publishing Inc., Minneapolis, MN; www.freespirit.com. This page may be photocopied or printed for individual or classroom work only. For other uses, call 800-735-7323. Since Free Spirit Publishing allows educators to adapt this form to their needs, it may have been modified from its original format and content.

her brother told her to just trace his drawings, but she refused and wanted to figure out how to draw them on her own.

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Adapted from The Interest-A-Lyzer, by J.S. Renzulli (Mansfield Center, CT: Creative Learning Press, 1997). Used with permission. From Differentiating Instruction in the Regular Classroom: How to Reach and Teach All Learners, Grades 312 by Diane Heacox, Ed.D., copyright 2002. Free Spirit Publishing Inc., Minneapolis, MN; www.freespirit.com. This page may be photocopied or printed for individual or classroom work only. For other uses, call 800-735-7323. Since Free Spirit Publishing allows educators to adapt this form to their needs, it may have been modified from its original format and content.

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18. What careers are you currently interested in? Something in the medical field and if not that, then something in design.

21. What helps you learn? (For example, a hands-on activity, reading, taking notes, or reading out loud.)

22. What makes learning more difficult for you? (For example, lectures, lots of writing.)

23. Think of a great teacher youve had. Describe what made this teacher so terrific.

She doesnt think she has had that many great teachers, but she likes Mr. Sailor because he is cool. She said that she likes him because he is relaxed and not a pushover. He is easygoing and not obsessed with discipline or unimportant things.

Adapted from The Interest-A-Lyzer, by J.S. Renzulli (Mansfield Center, CT: Creative Learning Press, 1997). Used with permission. From Differentiating Instruction in the Regular Classroom: How to Reach and Teach All Learners, Grades 312 by Diane Heacox, Ed.D., copyright 2002. Free Spirit Publishing Inc., Minneapolis, MN; www.freespirit.com. This page may be photocopied or printed for individual or classroom work only. For other uses, call 800-735-7323. Since Free Spirit Publishing allows educators to adapt this form to their needs, it may have been modified from its original format and content.