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Guidancefortheuseoftheinternalassessmentcriteria

Theinternallyassessedcomponentofthecourseisdividedintofivesections.

•alengagement

•Exploration

•Analysis

•Evaluation

•Communication

Eachsectionaimstoassessadifferentaspectofthestudent’sresearchabilities.Thesectionsare

differentlyweightedtoemphasizetherelativecontributionofeachaspecttotheoverallqualityofthe

investiion.Astheinvestiions,andthereforetheapproachestotheinvestiion,willbespecificto

eachstudent,themarkingcriteriaarenotdesignedtobeatick-chartmarkschemeandeachsectionis

meanttobeseenwithinthecontextofthewhole.Assuch,acertaindegreeofinterpretationis

inevitable.Thefollowingtipsaredesignedtohelpfocusontheintentionofeachsection,ratherthanbe

seenasadefinitiveapproach.

alengagement

Theemphasiswithinthissectionisonindividualityandcreativitywithintheinvestiion.Thequestion

toaskis,hasthechosenresearchquestionbeendevisedasaresultofthealexperienceofthe

student?Thequestioncouldbearesultofobservationsmadeinthestudent’sownenvironmentor

ideasthatthestudenthashadastheresultoflearning,readingorexperimentinginclass.The

investiiondoesnothavetobeground-breakingresearch,butthereshouldbeanindicationthat

tthoughthasbeenputintothechoiceoftopic,themethodofinquiryandthepresentation

ofthefindings.Thetopicchosenshouldalsobeofsuitablecomplexity.Iftheresearchquestionisvery

basicortheanswerself-evidentthenthereislittleopportunitytogainfullmarksforexplorationand

analysisasthestudentwillnothavetheopportunitytodemonstratehisorherskills.

Exploration

Theissuehereistheoverallmethodology.Studentsneedtotaketheirindividualideasandtransla