How to get an 8 for Design Criterion D Report

MYP Design Criterion D Check List

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i. designs detailed and relevant testing methods, which generate data, to measure the success of the solution

• Create a test, or a series of tests, and explain the test(s) in great detail

• Share your actual test (survey, interview questions, measuring instruments and measuring techniques)

• Explain how, when, why and who will test each and every Design Specification

• The tests must evaluate the solution against the requirements of the design specification

• Create an effective and authentic test(s) to measure every aspect of the design specification and present the test

• Your test(s) should generate qualitative and quantitative data

• Your test(s) should involve the target audience/client, as well as peers, experts and teachers

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ii. critically evaluates the success of the solution against the design specification based on authentic product testing

• Collect, Collate and Present the results of your test(s) - the raw data

• Present both qualitative and quantitative data

• Analyse the raw data and draw conclusions about the success of your product/solution

• Evaluate the success of the solution/product against the requirements of each design specification

• Explain the accuracy of the data gathered through your testing

• Identify strengths and weaknesses of the solution/product based on the analysis of data collected through objective and subjective testing

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iii. explains how the solution could be improved

• Identify opportunities for further development

• Explain, in detail, how the identified weaknesses and limitations of the solution could be improved

• Create annotated sketches, photographs, screenshots &/or diagrams to communicate how the solution could be improved

• Consider if you had more time, more skills, more finances, better resources, expert help, then what improvement should be made to improve your product/solution

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iv. explain the impact of the solution on the client/target audience

• A section that explains how your product has (or may have) an impact on society (&/or the client/target audience.

• To identify or predict the impact that a solution will have on a client/ target audience --

• Consider the original problem - to what extend was this solved and explain how has this solution impacted the client/target audience

• Consider the design brief and explain how your product/solution address the design brief and how this has impacted the client/target audience

• Explain how your solution improved the client’s or target audience’s situation

• Explain how your solution had an effect on users, peers and other people involved