To achieve 8/8 for this criterion:
The student is able to:
i. explain the impact of the project on themselves or their learning
ii. evaluate the product based on the success criteria, fully supported with specific evidence or detailed examples.
Definitions:
Product: What students will create for their 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.
Notes about Impact of the project:
- could refer to any aspect of having done the project: inquiry, action and/or reflection
- could include progress made towards the learning goal
- could include ways in which the student has grown as a learner, such as improvement in the ATL skills and/or learner profile attributes
- could include ways in which the student has grown or changed as a result of the project.
- All of he above require evidence
- It is essential that the criteria are robust with success criteria and testing methods clearly outlined.
- You must include examples/ evidence of you testing the product against each criteria for success. Not whether you met the criteria or not and this is an opportunity to include what you could improve or should have done differently.
- It is not necessary for your to meet all your criteria successfully.
Writing the 'Reflecting on Learning' Section
Example of Criteria C:
ATL descriptions
IB Learner Profile