I interviewed an eighth grade student named Jorden Johnson, who currently attends Paul Robeson/Malcolm X Academy, located in Detroit. My reason behind choosing Jorden for this interview is simply because of the requirement to interview a student, which I am very glad he ended up being my interviewee. When I spoke to Jorden in regards to the interview, he did not sound very interested in the interview. However, I convinced him that this is simply just an interview to see what eight graders think when they are conducting problem. After, convincing him, he allowed me to interview him. As a result, I was able to get exactly what I needed from Jorden. Even though, he did not show interest in the subject at hand, he was able to verbally discuss his solutions to each problem.
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The first assertion I made was that Jorden knew how to arrange five decimals from least to greatest. In addition to the first assertion, Jorden was able to add nine more decimals to the first list and continue to arrange the decimals least to greatest. I believe Jorden was looking at the place value to determine the order. The explanation that he gave as to why he arranged the decimals in the order that he provided was, “I did it based on place value and where the numbers are at.” With this response, I would have liked if Jorden was able to elaborate more. However, this response showed me that he understood that place values tells you the location of each digit in a number. This began more evident when I asked him, “Could you give a number that is .6 and .61? Are there others?” Jorden replied, “Yes, it could be possible because you can add a number in the thousandths place to make it be in-between the numbers. For example, since we are in between .6 and .61, one would be decimal six zero
The first assertion I made was that Jorden knew how to arrange five decimals from least to greatest. In addition to the first assertion, Jorden was able to add nine more decimals to the first list and continue to arrange the decimals least to greatest. I believe Jorden was looking at the place value to determine the order. The explanation that he gave as to why he arranged the decimals in the order that he provided was, “I did it based on place value and where the numbers are at.” With this response, I would have liked if Jorden was able to elaborate more. However, this response showed me that he understood that place values tells you the location of each digit in a number. This began more evident when I asked him, “Could you give a number that is .6 and .61? Are there others?” Jorden replied, “Yes, it could be possible because you can add a number in the thousandths place to make it be in-between the numbers. For example, since we are in between .6 and .61, one would be decimal six zero