Unformatted text preview: Structure of the personal project report
The report must include:
1. Title page;
2. Table of contents;
3. Body of the report;
4. Bibliography;
5. Appendices.
1. The Title page must include the following.
• Student name, US History Teacher, English Teacher, and Supervisor • Title of the project • Length (word count) • School name • Year 2. Body of the Report
Criterion A (Investigating)
Define goal, global context, demonstrate research skills, selection of sources
Investigation What Global Context was the context for your project? Why did you generally
choose that Global Context? What specific features of the Global Context did
you intend to focus upon in your project and why? What personal interest topic did you select? Why did this topic interest you?
How much prior experience or understanding of this topic did you have? How
does this interest or topic directly relate to your chosen Global Context? What inquiry question did you design from the Global Context and topic? What
process did you use to decide on your inquiry question? Why is your question
one that requires more than a simple answer? How can someone recognize the Global Context in the question? How do they recognize the topic in the
question? Criterion B (Planning)
Action Plan, criteria for project, self-management skills
Planning What goal did you set for your project? What specifications did you put in place
to help you successfully complete your investigation and your project overall? What resources did you investigate for your project? Why did you choose
them? Were some resources better than others? Did you have any difficulties
finding or using resources? What printed resources did you use? Why did you use them? Where did you
find them? How easy were they to obtain? What was valuable about them? What electronic resources did you use? Why did you use them? How did you
access them? How easy were they to access? What was valuable about them? What human resources did you use? Why did you use them? How easy were
they to meet or talk to? What was valuable about them? How did you make your choices about what information to use and what to
discard? How did you evaluate your sources Criterion C (Taking Action)
Product/ project shows response to goal, global context, demonstrate thinking and
communication skills
Taking Action What exactly did you do to complete your project? What decisions did you
make based on the information you discovered? How did you solve problems?
How did the information affect your choices? Were there any specific techniques you developed as a result of your
investigation? Did you adjust or alter your original goal as the project developed? If you made
changes, why did you make the changes? Do you feel that you successfully
achieved your goal? Did you have to alter your specifications much during the process? Explain how
effective your specifications turned out to be overall and evaluate your
product. What level of achievement would you award your product or outcome based
on your specifications? Does your supervisor agree with this? Criterion D (Reflecting)
Evaluate project /product against criteria, reflect on how the project, extended
knowledge and understanding of the topic and global context.
Reflecting What exactly did you learn from your investigation? What was your response to
your inquiry question? How did you reach your conclusion or hypothesis or
point of view or expression of ideas? What aspects of your investigation really
helped you to reach a better understanding of your topic? What new understanding do you have the area of interaction you chose to use
as the context for your project? How did the area of interaction context give
you a different or better understanding of your topic? How well did you do the project, according to your self-assessment? What did
you feel you did well? What would you improve next time you do a similar
project? What specific skills did you need to develop/apply to investigate and complete
your project? What new skills did you learn, or what existing skills did you
improve? What format did you use for your Journal and why was it your preferred
format? What did you learn about yourself as a person through undertaking the project
process? Which of the Learner Profile qualities did you find yourself exhibiting
at different times and why? Have you improved in any of these qualities? What action should be taken by yourself and others as a result of what you
discovered through your investigation? Why should that action occur? How
might that action be implemented? Final comment about your experience with the project? 3. Bibliography 4. Appendix Length of the report
The length of the personal project report must be a minimum of 1,500 words and a
maximum of 3,500 words, not including appendices and bibliography. How will I be assessed? Here is an example of the rubric used by your supervisor and
teachers
Criterion What you are Where evidence is found looking for Student Max points
Points Objective A: Clear Goal? Report Investigating Global Context? Journal and Conversation Evidence of with Supervisor 8 points research?
Objective B: Planning Criteria? Journal 8 points Action Plan?
Evidence of Conversation Research? with Supervisor Objective C: Taking Does report shows Report action thinking and 8 points communicating
skills? Conversation Is the Product / with Supervisor Project connected
to goal, criteria,
and global
context?
Objective D: How has project Reflecting expanded your IB Report 8 points learning and
thinking? Journal Evaluate product/
project with the Conversation established with Supervisor criteria.
The total number of points is 32. A student must earn at least a 16/32 on the project to
participate in the project exhibit and earn the .25 elective credit. The student must
have at least a 16/32 if they are planning to be on the honor roll. A score below 16 on
the project will keep the student off the honor roll regardless of the student’s G.P.A.
The student must earn a 22 /32 points to be eligible for the MYP Achievement
Certificate. ...
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