IBDP Math IA Criteria C and D

Criterion C: Personal engagement is about ___. Choose all suitable responses

• exploring a topic of personal interest

• explaining mathematical ideas in a personal way

• thinking independently

• solving problems creatively

Designing experiements and collecting data is part of Personal Engagement.

• Yes

• No

Generating patterns, considering different perspectives and creating conjectures based on observations are part of Personal Engagement.

• Yes

• No

Spending long hours working on an experiement or building models but did not show this in the document. This can be marked for Personal Engagement.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

You must show evident of personal engagement in the document and not just a claim.

Using a research question from the textbook and used standard method of investigation. This is usually be considered as "some personal engagement."

• True with C1 only

• False

Redoing an exploration from mass media or an old portfolio is usually considered only "some personal engagement."

• False.

• True. This is also discouraged by the IB.

The work repeats the procedure and ideas of a work that is found in a math textbook. The student collected his/her data but no additional conjecture or personal exploration that is different from that of a standard textbook. This is likely to be ___ out of 3 marks.

• C0

• C1

• C2

Answer explanation

This will usually be called a standard textbook problem and may not get more than C1; some personal engagement.

The exploration addresses a question of personal interest. The student set up relevant experiment , collected or generated data for multiple variables and a large number of samples, used math creatively to solve problems arising from different perspectives, provided conjectures, tested hypotheses, re-designed experiments, and did further analysis using various mathematical tools.

• This is likely to be C0.

• This is likely to be C1.

• This is likely to be C2.

• This is likely to be C3.

Criterion D Reflection has a maximum of ___ marks

The work simply describes results obtained. This will have a maximum ___ mark our of 3 in Criterion D.

• 0

• 1

• 2