MYP Key Concepts

How many Key Concepts are there in the MYP program?

• 10

• 12

• 16

• 8

This Key Concept deals with the characteristics, creation, meaning and perception of beauty and taste.

• Communication

• Aesthetics

• Perspective

• Creativity

Which of the following defines the key concept: Connections

• Support for a proposition derived from observation and interpretation of data.

• The observable or quantifiable effects, results, or outcomes correlated with an earlier event or events.

• A purpose, a role or a way of behaving that can be investigated; a mathematical relationship between variables.

• Links, bonds and relationships among people, objects, organisms or ideas

In MYP mathematics, this Key Concept is used as a process in making decisions about numbers, shapes, and variables. This system of reasoning provides students with a method for explaining the validity of their conclusions.

• Form

• Systems

• Logic

• Connections

(a)   is the process of generating novel ideas and considering existing ideas from new perspectives.

All the following are true except:

• Students use concepts to understand the world and to succeed in further study

• A concept is the big idea

• Key concepts should only be used in specific subject matters

• A key concept goes beyond aspects such as particular origins

The exploration and re-exploration of concepts lead students towards: (you can pick more than one answer)

• engagement with complex ideas, including the ability to transfer and apply ideas and skills to new situations

• memorization of facts

• appreciation of ideas that transcend disciplinary boundaries

• deeper understanding of the subject group

Concepts are valued and meaningful across time, place and space

• True

• False

Concepts are concrete

• True

• False

Teachers identify two key concepts that drives the unit’s development

• True

• False