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Survey Sites for Students Marilyn Goodrich

As I began my search, I identified my first site that provided me with information about student interests and was from Outlook School in Saskatchewan, [] This web site interest inventory survey had two versions, one for grades 1-6 and another for grades 7-12. Both gave me additional input that I could adapt and use for the creation of my own survey for my classroom. The grades 1-6, 29-question inventory poses questions for the students about their play and other activities that they like to do. Also included in the inventory is a section about reading that can provide more information to the educator about their literacy interests. The grades 7-12, 40-question inventory focuses on hobbies, technology, reading/literacy, and vocational and educational interests.

Site 2: The second site that I found to be helpful with identifying learning styles was from Webster Groves School District. This school district developed a variety of learner assessments so that educators can utilize them in their classrooms. The one that I focused on for this application is the Modality Preferences Instrument. It is located at the following link [] This instrument consists of 33 statements that students must circle the number beside the statement if they agree that it pertains to them most of the time. This tool is appropriate for students of middle to high school age. At the end of the instrument, the student identifies what modality they show more prevalence in during learning situations. These preferences include memory, hands-on learning, or participation or lack of in classroom situations.

Site 3: Birmingham City Council has created a web site called Birmingham Grid for Learning located at []

is the third site that I accessed to gain additional information on multiple intelligences. The multiple intelligence questionnaire consists of 40 statements that students can identify on a scale of “This is not like me at all.” to “I am always like this.” The questionnaire has statements that focus on how students tackle certain tasks to how they think when they are learning certain concepts. This site is appropriate for students who are intermediate to high school age.

Site 4: The final site that I accessed and used to develop my own student survey was the CAST site, [] , since it provided me with additional information on how to build a student learning profile that is a very useful tool. This link gave me an example of how I could use the learning profile template, but also provided me with the template to develop and adjust to meet my own needs of my students. Some statements on the template were oriented towards strengths and weaknesses in organization, leadership, and even a specific disability. This tool is appropriate for students in intermediate to high school age. The CAST website is a wonderful resource for any educator looking to gain more information on Universal Design for Learning and supporting the diversity of students in the classroom. This tool can provide a variety of information about students and their personal learning needs.