Your Personal Project is criterion-related, based on three equally weighted assessment criteria.
Objective A: Planning
Definitions for Objective A:
You should be able to:
i. state a learning goal for the project and explain how a personal interest led to that goal
ii. state an intended product and develop appropriate success criteria for the product
iii. present a clear, detailed plan for achieving the product and its associated success criteria.
Learning goal = What you want to learn as a result of doing the personal project.
Product = What you will create for your personal project.
Presents = Offer for display, observation, examination or consideration.
State = Give a specific name, value or other brief answer without explanation or calculation.
Outline = Give a brief account or summary.
Describe = Give a detailed account or picture of a situation, event, pattern or process.
Explain = Give a detailed account including reasons or causes.
Objective B: Applying Skills
Definitions for Objective B:
You should be able to:
i. explain how the ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve your learning goal
ii. explain how the ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve your product.
Learning goal = What you want to learn as a result of doing the personal project.
Product = What you will create for their personal project.
ATL skill(s) clusters = One or more of: communication, collaboration, organization, affective, reflection, information literacy, media literacy, critical thinking, creative thinking, transfer.
State = Give a specific name, value or other brief answer without explanation or calculation.
Outline = Give a brief account or summary.
Describe = Give a detailed account or picture of a situation, event, pattern or process.
Objective C: Reflecting
Definitions for Objective C:
You should be able to:
i. explain the impact of the project on yourself or your learning
ii. evaluate the product based on the success criteria.
Product = What you will create for your personal project.
State = Give a specific name, value or other brief answer without explanation or calculation.
Outline = Give a brief account or summary.
Describe = Give a detailed account or picture of a situation, event, pattern or process.
Explain = Give a detailed account including reasons or causes.
Evaluate = Make an appraisal by weighing up the strengths and limitations.
Complete Criteria Tables