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You must research some aspect for your project. This is how you will learn what success criteria you should choose to evaluate your product. Plus, research is one of the ways you will meet your Learning Goals.
You must research some aspect for your project. This is how you will learn what success criteria you should choose to evaluate your product. Plus, research is one of the ways you will meet your Learning Goals.
In addition, you might choose Media Literacy Skills or Information Literacy Skills as one of the ATLs applied to your Learning or Product Goal.
In addition, you might choose Media Literacy Skills or Information Literacy Skills as one of the ATLs applied to your Learning or Product Goal.
Note: If you will conduct research using people (e.g. interviews, surveys, focus groups, observations, or experiments), you must read the IB's guidelines on ethical research on humans and include the Student Checklist for Ethical Research in your Process Journal.
Research Skills for the Personal project
Research Skills for the Personal project
Student shows evidence of the use of resources drawn from a wide variety of sources.
Source Type: Credible websites, blogs, encyclopedias, audio, videos, books, magazines, newspapers, scholarly articles, interviews, field notes/observations.
Shows evidence of explicit evaluation of many sources, with thorough descriptions of scope, credibility, reliability, accuracy, authority, and point of view.
Considers limitations and strengths of the sources as well as author bias, and evaluates based on the goal of the project.
Cites all relevant information in text.
Uses correct MLA in-text citation format with very few minor errors (spelling errors, small formatting errors, etc.)
Used with permission from ISS Personal Project by Lenny Dutton
What is the Research Process?
What is the Research Process?
Applying new knowledge and skills from research to your Product
AISL Research skills by grade level
AISL Research skills by grade level
Click on the image below and explore the entire Grade 10 column. If you need extra support in any of these skills, explore resources on this page and consider signing up for the Personal Project Flex support in Quarter 2 with Ms. Marie.
Which research skills are more challenging than others?
Which research skills are more challenging than others?
There is a hierarchy of skills in the Personal Project: some skills are more challenging than others. Use this helpful list to guide you to understand the level of Research Skills you are achieving.
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