INTERVIEW

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The student put the date of the
The student included the The student included the
interview, place of the interview, The student forgot to put the
date of the interview, place of date of the interview and full
full name of the person being date of the interview OR the full
the interview, and full name name of the person being
Labeling interviewed, and the full name of
of the person being interviewed on the
name of the person being
the person being interviewed on interviewed on the videotape,
interviewed on the videotape, videotape, audiotape, or
the videotape, audiotape, or audiotape, or report.
audiotape, or report. report.
report.

Video does not rock/shake Video has a little rocking or

Video does not rock/shake and The video rocks/shakes often
Videography the focus is excellent throughout.
and the focus is adequate shaking, but the focus is
OR the focus is not adequate.
throughout. excellent throughout.
Both the interviewer and the The person being
Both the interviewer and the
person being interviewed can interviewed can be The sound quaity is poor
person being interviewed can be
be heard/understood very heard/understood very making it hard to
Sound Quality heard/understood very clearly on
clearly on the tape but there clearly on the tape but the hear/understand the person
the tape with no wind or
is some wind or background interviewer\'s voice is not being interviewed.
background noise.
noise. easily heard.

Student can accurately

Student can accurately answer
answer a few questions
several questions about the Student can accurately
about the person who was Student cannot accurately
person who was interviewed and answer a few questions
Knowledge Gained can tell how this interview relates
interviewed and can tell how
about the person who was
answer questions about the
this interview relates to the person who was interviewed.
to the material being studied in interviewed.
material being studied in
class.
class.

The student asked

The student introduced
The student introduced himself, permission to set up a time
himself and asked
explained why he wanted to for the interview, but needed The student needed assistance
Setting Up the permission to set up a time
interview the person, and asked reminders to introduce in all aspects of setting up the
Interview permission to set up a time for an
for the interview, but needed
himself and to tell why he interview.
a reminder to explain why he
interview. wanted to interview the
wanted to do the interview.
person.
 Student rarely interrupted or
Student never interrupted or Student rarely interrupted or Several times, the student
hurried the person being
hurried the person being hurried the person being interrupted or hurried the person
Politeness interviewed and thanked them for
interviewed and thanked
interviewed, but forgot to being interviewed AND forgot to
them for being willing to be
being willing to be interviewed. thank the person. thank the person.
interviewed.

Before the interview, the

Before the interview, the student student prepared a couple of Before the interview, the
The student did not prepare any
Preparation prepared several in-depth AND in-depth questions and student prepared several
questions before the interview.
factual questions to ask. several factual questions to factual questions to ask.
ask.

The student edited and

The student edited and organized The student edited and
organized the transcript but
the transcript in a way that made organized the transcript in a The student did NOT edit or
Formatting & Editing the information clear and way that made the
the information was not as
organize the transcript.
clear or as interesting as it
interesting. information clear.
could have been.

The interviewer took occasional The interviewer took

The interviewer took notes
notes during the interview, but occasional notes during the
during the interview, but did
usally maintained focus on the interview, but usally
so in a way that interrupted The interviewer took no notes
Notetaking person rather than the notes. maintained focus on the
the \"flow\" of the interview. during or after the interview.
Notes were added to immediately person rather than the notes.
Additional notes may, or
after the interview so facts were No additional notes were
may not, have been taken.
not lost. taken.

The student listened carefully

The student listened carefully to
to the person being The student asked a couple
the person being interviewed and The student did not ask any
interviewed and asked a of follow-up questions based
Follow-up Questions asked several relevant follow-up
couple of relevant follow-up on what s/he thought the
follow-up questions based on
questions based on what the what the person said.
questions based on what the person said.
person said.
person said.

The report is lacking facts and

The report is well organized and The report is well organized The report contains accurate
quotations from the interview
Report Writing contains accurate quotations and and contains accurate facts quotations and facts taken
OR the quotes and facts are not
facts taken from the interview. taken from the interview. from the interview.
accurately reported.