Assessment E: researching information by conducting an interview

Aim
To find out what someone in the community thinks about fishing issues. This assessment is part of your research assignment.
Tasks
1	Select a person with knowledge about fishing. (For example a family member, friend, someone from a government department, fishing industry, etc.)
2	Prepare a list of at least 10 questions you plan to ask that person.
3	Contact the person to ask permission to interview them. Explain why you are doing the interview and ask them if they want to see the questions in advance.
4	Arrange a time and interview the person.
5	Prepare a report based on the answers you were given in the interview. The report should have two parts:
		Part 1: The list of questions and their answers.
		Part 2: Look back over the whole activity and write at least 15 lines summarising what worked successfully, what problems you faced and how you would overcome them next time.
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Assessment E: criteria and marking
Assessment criteria
	Level 1: Plans some aspect of inquiry.
	Level 2: Plans some aspects of inquiry appropriately.
	Level 3: Plans some aspects of inquiry appropriately and attempts to evaluate the activity.
	Level 4: Plans most aspects of inquiry appropriately and evaluates the activity.
	Level 5: Plans inquiry appropriately and evaluates the activity thoroughly.
Marking schedule
	Level 1: Plans some aspects of inquiry. Selects an interviewee and prepares at least five questions.
	Level 2: Plans some aspects of inquiry appropriately. Prepares at least five questions relevant to the aims, uses some open questions and attempts to put them in a logical order.
	Level 3: Plans some aspects of inquiry appropriately and attempts to evaluate the activity. Prepares at least five questions, uses closed and open questions, attempts to put them in a logical order, but provides a weak evaluation of the activity with little supporting evidence.
	Level 4: Plans most aspects of inquiry appropriately and evaluates the activity. Prepares at least eight questions relevant to the aims, provides a balance of open and closed questions, groups the questions logically and evaluates the activity, using some supporting evidence.
	Level 5: Plans inquiry appropriately and evaluates the activity thoroughly. Prepares at least 10 questions relevant to the aims, provides a balance of open and closed questions, groups questions logically and evaluates activity with strong supporting evidence.