Assessment

Assessment of SRP Research Project

The student in the SRP may submit his/her research project for assessment as a H3 subject.

Assessment Components

• Research Plan % Laboratory Work (10%):

• The research plan should concisely state research objectives or hypothesis; experimental design or materials and methods; proposed timeline. The plan should focus on a particular idea based on background research/literature search. The student will discuss, design and carry out the project experimentation in consultation with the faculty research mentor. The student should keep a journal detailing every experiment, observation and measurement carried out.

• Scientific Paper (70%):

• The research paper should contain an abstract (maximum 250 words), an introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, acknowledgements and references. Results and discussion may be combined in one section. The full text of the abstract and paper including diagrams and tables should be single-spaced and between 10 – 15 A4-sized pages in length. The submitted paper must be original and have not been published in other conferences or journals.

• Oral Presentation (20%):

• The powerPoint presentation should be logically presented and shows understanding and competence easy to read. It should enable anyone to understand without further explanation and also the assessor to assess the work done and the results obtained. The display should adhere to the size limitations. The student is expected to speak freely and confidently, lasting not more than 10 minutes, about their work and to answer questions raised by the assessors during a 10-minute Q & A session.

Assessment Criteria

Evidence on the quality of a student’s ability to reason scientifically comes from his/her planning of the research project, generating scientific information and drawing conclusions from the specific data collected, and communicating his/her scientific ideas effectively. As such, the four assessment criteria are: creative ability and originality; scientific thought/engineering goals; execution thoroughness and skills; and clarity in presentation.

Each of the 3 components will be assessed according to the 4 assessment criteria:

Panel of Assessors

Assessment will be carried out at specific phases of the research by a Panel of Assessors comprising faculty research mentors and examiners: