EDUC 816 Interview Transcription Assignment Instructions Overview Interviewing participants is an important data collection method for applied research. Interviewing techniques need to be practiced a

IMPROVING OEA FOR SCIENCE TEST SCORES

Recommendations for Improving Students’ Test Scores on the Ohio Educational Assessment for Science at Hampton High School

Liberty Student

School of Education, Liberty University

In partial fulfillment of EDUC 816

Interview Transcription Example

General Information Questions
Participant’s Name	Mrs. Marion
Date/Time	November 14, 2021, 2:00 PM
Site	Liberty High School
Method	Face-to-Face
Participant Demographics
Current Age	39
Gender	Female
Race/Ethnicity	Caucasian, Non-Hispanic
Occupation	Ninth-grade teacher
Interview Questions
Interviewer: What skills are assessed on the Ohio Educational Assessment for Science? Interviewee: Well. I haven’t seen the OEA in great detail, but I would assume that they would assess skills like data analysis and interpretation of data and things like that-- things you would expect in science. [note: look of concern on interviewees face]. Honestly, I am not exactly sure, which is kind of embarrassing, um, yeah. I wonder if the other science teachers know this information, like specifically which science skills are actually tested on the OEA. Otherwise, I suppose we are just guessing at which skills the students need to some degree. We just teach what is in the textbook. This is probably not the best approach. Interviewer: How are these skills incorporated throughout the curricula? Interviewee: Well, in the past, students have been learning these skills through the learning goals associated with certain science practices, so those are kind of interwoven in our learning goals. And we’ve done a little separation of that to make assessment of content a little bit easier. The scientific practices have to be part of the actual assessment, especially for the lower-level kids, but I think most of the teachers in the department when we hire them, we try to hire teachers that really believe in doing science. And I think we’ve been pretty successful with that. We tried to develop a scope and sequence for science, but it never really came to fruition. This is probably part of the reason that students are not doing well on the OEA. They are not being taught all of the content that is actually tested. Continue with transcribing the interview...