2007-05-08 15:40:29 · 16 answers · asked by Nomo 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
I have to write a news stoy about final exams for my journalism class, and I need to interview students, but I don't know what to ask...PLEASE HELP
2007-05-08 15:41:25 · update #1
You could ask them if they feel a lot of stress/pressure during finals week. Or what they do to prepare for their finals. Those were the first two off the top of my head...
2007-05-08 15:43:30 · answer #1 · answered by kcman011 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could ask about the stress levels, or how much they study for the exams. Some people don't test well, you could do a bit of research and base some questions about that. Talk to a few teachers too, they would have experience with students problems with finals. Have some fun with this, it's an interesting subject.
2007-05-08 15:45:02 · answer #2 · answered by mightymite1957 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In every major change of life, there will be emotions involved. Of COURSE high school students will stress about exams!
But, unless you are a psychologist and trained to help them deal with their stress, asking about their emotions is probably not an item for journalism.
Here is a list of questions that seem applicable to me:
1. What specifically are you doing to make sure that your final exams go well? (Study, nothing, pray, don't care)
2. How many subjects do you feel need extra study? (1,2,3,4)
3. How many hours per week have you set aside to study for each subject? (1,2,3,4)
4. Do you get enough help from teachers? (yes,no)
5. Would you benefit from a study group? (yes, no)
6. If you would benefit from a study group, which subject(s) would you be most interested in? ..............................
7. Can you imagine any practical application(s) to what you learned in High School? (yes,no)
8. If you can imagine practical applications, what would they be? .........................................................................................
9. What is your best way to learn? a) By reading, b) by listening, c) by doing, d) by watching.
10. Which is the best example how you have used your best way to learn in order to get good at something? ......................
11. Which is the most difficult thing you ever wanted to learn?
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12. Which of your 'best ways to learn' have you applied to this thing? .......................................
13. Which ones can you still try?.................................................
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There you go, you got the picture.
See how this questionnaire focuses on improving performance rather than hiding behind lame excuses such as fear?
Everything in this world is at first scary. If you could remember taking your first breath, it would be a scary memory! The air was 'NEW' - babies do not breathe air in the womb. The very sound that comes out of your mouth at birth expresses fear and is MUCH louder than anything you've ever heard while inside the womb.
The point is: there is a time to come OUT of the womb and into the world at large, where everything is new and at first scary. Where comforts are not automatically supplied. Hunger is something a fetus does not feel as he/she shares the mother's blood stream.
Learning is yet another stage of growth from fetus to infant to adolescent to adult - and the learning goes on! Do not think that a 50-year-old is finished learning! Those who do think they can stop learning got stuck in their diapers.
Stress IS part of growing. Nothing changes without stress. Stress is a GOOD thing, as long as it is perceived within its proper balance and equalled with peace and relaxation.
I hope this helps get you started on your own thinking path, and if you would like more conversation, email me.
2007-05-08 16:04:32 · answer #3 · answered by flywho 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do their teachers give them lists of things to study?
If this isn't their first year in high school, you could ask them what their exams were like taking them as Freshmen.
What subjects are the hardest to study for?
Do they even study?
What exam do they think they'll do best on?
2007-05-08 15:48:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ask them how much they study for the exams or if they even do, if they care what they get on it, how important it is to their grade, if they are getting pressured by their parents to do well on it, if there gonna get a tudor for a specific subject, if they are planning on cheating (anonymous answer, of course) stuff like that
2007-05-08 15:45:14 · answer #5 · answered by blake 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ask if they have ever cheated on a test, for any reason. Then follow up with questions about specific things like taking credit for someone else's work, etc...
Ask what grade they expect from their favorite class. Then ask what grade they expect from a class they hate.
2007-05-08 15:51:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
People like to voice their own opinions and tell others how they do things. Play on that with questions such as these.
"How do you prepare for your finals? Do you have a studying pattern or schedule?"
"How much stress do you get prior to finals? How do you cope with it?"
"Do you think finals accurately depict how much you've learned? Should they continue to be mandatory for almost every class?"
2007-05-08 15:45:21 · answer #7 · answered by Lapper 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How much time do you study for each exam ? How many days ahead of the exam do you start?
Do you have any superstitions about tests?
2007-05-08 15:45:07 · answer #8 · answered by FOA 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Which type of questions do you prefer (multiple choice, true or false, essay-type)?
Do you cram the night before the exam or do you pace yourself by studying regularly?
Hope that helps!
2007-05-08 15:46:24 · answer #9 · answered by love2travel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
some good questions would be:
How much did you prepare yourself for the exams?
Do you go into an exam confident or just declared yourself a lost?
those two questions i think are pretty good
2007-05-08 15:46:30 · answer #10 · answered by jason c 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋