Interview Protocol
We set out to interview people from a variety of backgrounds to understand how their understanding has shaped their knowledge. We set up our interviews in Corrib Village and used set questions to find out their understanding and where that understanding comes from.
We collaborated to create interview questions that could get to the root of the persons understanding. We then analyzed our results to see if our misconception was indeed prevalent in our interviewees. We searched for patterns of misconceptions throughout the interviews to build our synopsis.
Introduction
Hello, my name is ______________ I am studying educational technology at Michigan State University. We are conducting interviews to better understand how people learn. It will take around 10 minutes. Would you be willing to participate?
No - Thank you for your time, have a great day.
Yes - Okay, thanks! We are going to videotape our interview today, are you comfortable with this interview being recorded? Are you comfortable with the recording being on our research website?
Interview
1. Please tell us your first name and where you are from.
2. Could you answer this question: What causes ocean waves?
(if they say “I don’t know”) Would you like to guess?
3. Can you illustrate your understanding for me on this iPad?
While drawing can you explain what you’re drawing?
4. How does what you illustrated work?
5. How did you come to learn that?
Post Interview
Are you still comfortable with this interview being recorded? Are you still comfortable with the recording being on or research website?
Thank you for your time. Have a great day!
We collaborated to create interview questions that could get to the root of the persons understanding. We then analyzed our results to see if our misconception was indeed prevalent in our interviewees. We searched for patterns of misconceptions throughout the interviews to build our synopsis.
Introduction
Hello, my name is ______________ I am studying educational technology at Michigan State University. We are conducting interviews to better understand how people learn. It will take around 10 minutes. Would you be willing to participate?
No - Thank you for your time, have a great day.
Yes - Okay, thanks! We are going to videotape our interview today, are you comfortable with this interview being recorded? Are you comfortable with the recording being on our research website?
Interview
1. Please tell us your first name and where you are from.
2. Could you answer this question: What causes ocean waves?
(if they say “I don’t know”) Would you like to guess?
3. Can you illustrate your understanding for me on this iPad?
While drawing can you explain what you’re drawing?
4. How does what you illustrated work?
5. How did you come to learn that?
Post Interview
Are you still comfortable with this interview being recorded? Are you still comfortable with the recording being on or research website?
Thank you for your time. Have a great day!