Based on the suggestions posted on my blog, I had altered my interview questions to include a set of four scenarios. By including the scenarios, it allowed me as the interviewer to identify the student’s conceptual understanding instead of the student reciting facts. The mock interview I had with Tara was helpful to fully understand how the interview questions would work.
Both Tara and I had no knowledge about each other’s subject which gave us as the interviewers a unique opportunity to fine tune our questions. I found that by having the four scenarios within my interview questions proved helpful and it was useful to have North Dakota geography as the background. This gave Tara something that she could relate to and identify with, which allowed the interview to go smoother. I also found that during the interview giving common examples e.g. a straight road vs. a curvy road allowed for Tara to relate a difference in landscape. For me, the preparation of examples could have made the interview a little smoother so from next time I will have some common examples already prepared. For the interview, I will keep the 4 scenarios and have examples prepared in case the student needs something to relate to. Even though we had no knowledge in the subject, our interviews overall went very successful.
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