Category 4 3 2 1

Preparation Before the Before the Before the The student did
interview, the interview, the interview, the not prepare any
student worked student worked student prepared questions
with peers to with peers to several factual before the
prepare several prepare a couple questions to ask interview and
in-depth AND of in-depth without working did not work
factual questions questions and with peers. with peers in
to ask. several factual the process.
questions to ask.
Setting Up The student The student The student The student
the introduced introduced asked needed
Interview himself/herself, himself/herself permission to set assistance in all
explained why and asked up a time for the aspects of
he/she wanted to permission to set interview, but setting up the
interview the up a time for the needed interview.
person, and interview, but reminders to
asked permission needed a introduce
to set up a time reminder to himself/herself
for an interview. explain why and to tell why
he/she wanted to he/she wanted to
do the interview. interview the
person.
Labeling The student put The student The student The student
the Data the date of the included the date included the forgot to put the
interview, place of the interview, date of the date of the
of the interview, place of the interview and interview OR
full name of the interview, and full name of the the full name of
person being full name of the person being the person
interviewed, and person being interviewed on being
the full name of interviewed on the videotape, interviewed on
the person being the videotape, audiotape, or the videotape,
interviewed on audiotape, or report. audiotape, or
the videotape, report. report.
audiotape, or
report.
Note The interviewer The interviewer The interviewer The interviewer
Taking took occasional took occasional took notes took no notes
notes during the notes during the during the during or after
interview, but interview, but interview, but the interview.
usually usually did so in a way
maintained focus maintained focus that interrupted
on the person on the person the "flow" of the
rather than the rather than the interview.
notes. Notes notes. No Additional notes
were added to additional notes may, or may
 immediately were taken. not, have been
after the taken.
interview so
facts were not
lost.
Follow Up The student The student The student The student did
Questions listened carefully listened carefully asked a couple not ask any
to the person to the person of follow-up follow-up
being being interviewed questions based questions based
interviewed and and asked a on what s/he on what the
asked several couple of relevant thought the person said.
relevant follow- follow-up person said.
up questions questions based
based on what on what the
the person said. person said.
Report The report is The report is well The report The report is
Writing well organized organized and contains lacking facts
and contains contains accurate accurate and quotations
accurate facts taken from quotations andfrom the
quotations and the interview. facts taken from
interview OR
facts taken from the interview.the quotes and
the interview. facts are not
accurately
reported.
Knowledge Student can Student can Student can Student cannot
Gained accurately accurately answer accurately accurately
answer several a few questions answer a few answer
questions about about the person questions about questions about
the person who who was the person who the person who
was interviewed interviewed and was interviewed. was
and can tell how can tell how this Student did not interviewed.
this interview interview relates share knowledge Student did not
relates to the to the material gained in a share
material being being studied in class/group knowledge
studied in class. class. Student setting. gained in a
Student shared shared knowledge class/group
knowledge gained in a setting.
gained in a class/group
class/group setting.
setting.