Interview Presentations
• Fellows will be selected at random to
present their student interviews.
• Before the first interview is played, each
presenter will review the concept
covered, the questions asked to probe
student understanding, and tell the class
what the correct answer is supposed to
be.
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Interview Presentations
• Fellows will be selected at random to
present their interviews
• After each pair of presentations the
audience will vote on which student seems
to have a better understanding of the
concept. The teacher will then reveal the
grade earned by each student. Votes and
grades will be recorded on a master chart
for later analysis.
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Interview Presentations
Criteria
Specifics
Weight
A previously-covered topic will
be selected for analysis of
student understanding.
Topics selected must have been covered and
assessed at least one month prior to the
interview.
20%
Interview questions will be
developed.
Questions will use one or more of the Six Facets
of Understanding to probe student
understanding
10%
Two students will be
interviewed and recorded on
tape.
Video or audiotape will be used to record the
responses of two randomly selected students.
20%
Presentation of Interview
The topic of the interview will be stated.
The questions and their correct responses will
be given.
Student interviews will be presented to the
class.
50%
Points
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Interview Presentations
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Interview Analysis
Write-up of findings from student interviews (Due Session
#6) 10% of Final Grade
As each interview pair is presented, fellows will vote on
which student demonstrates a better understanding of the
concept. Results will be tallied and a 1 – 2 page paper will
be written to summarize the findings. APA format rules will
be followed.
• What does it all mean? How do we analyze the
results?
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Interview Analysis
Write-up of findings from student interviews (Due Session
#6) 10% of Final Grade
As each interview pair is presented, fellows will vote on
which student demonstrates a better understanding of the
concept. Results will be tallied and a 1 – 2 page paper will
be written to summarize the findings. APA format rules will
be followed.
• What does it all mean? How do we analyze the
results? What do we mean by summarize the findings?
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Interview Analysis
How do we summarize the findings?
Describe the relationship found.
Discuss limitations based on the quality of the
interview questions and the time lag between
instruction and interview.
What are the classroom implications?
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Interview Analysis
What is the relationship between the vote on
understanding and the actual grade received.
(Provide general comments about the strength of
the relationship between grades and understanding
based on our experiment and the correlation
analysis InterviewAssignment.xls .)
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Interview Analysis
Are there limitations in our procedure that
could be influencing the results.
Did all of the questions asked really probe student
understanding?
Did the time lag between instruction and interview
have an effect?
Others?
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Interview Analysis
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Interview Analysis
Use the APA format to structure your
paper.
Be sure to follow the 11 rules of writing
as you prepare this assignment and all
other writing assignments.
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Assignments for Next Week
Analysis paper
Readings:
Chapter 5 in UBD textbook
NSTA to Provide Anchors
Bring to Class the section of DCPS
Science Standards that apply to you.
Pre-K-8 Learning Standards
High School Learning Standards
http://PSPH228.ebsinstitute.com
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