BriefGuidetoInternalAssessment(IA)

IBassessmentisdividedinto8differentareascalledcriteria.
Planning(a) Formulatingaresearchquestion,hypothesisandidentifyingkeyvariables
Planning(b) Designinganappropriateexperimentalmethodusingsuitableequipment
Evaluation Drawingconclusionsbasedontheresultsandsuggestionsofimprovements
DataCollection Observingandpresentingrawdata
DataAnalysis Processingandpresentingdataforevaluation
Manipulationskills Handlingequipmentsafely,responsiblyandskillfully
Personalskills(a) Workingwithinagroupsituationwithappropriateresponsibilityforothers
Personalskills(b) Workingwithenthusiasmanddetermination

Otherskillsdevelopedforuseintheprogramme

Reportwriting Structuringascientificreportusingappropriatescientificterminologyandconcepts.
Scientificpresentations Presentingscientificworkinanobjective,informativeandinterestingmanner.

Literatureresearch Obtainingbackgroundinformationonscientifictopicsfromavarietyofsources.

ITskills UsingITasanaidinacquiringandprocessingofdatainadditiontopresentingresultsinreports
andpresentations.

Glossaryofsometerms
Controlof Holdingavariableconstantthroughoutanexperiment.
variables
Group4project Thisisacompulsorycollaborativeprojectundertakenwithstudentsfromallthesciences.Ithas
elementsofplanning,investigationandpresentationwithanemphasisonteamwork.
Hypothesis Apredictionthatcanbetested
IA InternalAssessment
IT InformationTechnology(essentiallytheuseofcomputers)
Portfolio Arecordofallthecourseworkover2years.Eachyearworkfrom510studentsportfoliosis
senttotheIBtochecktheteachersgradesareaccurate.
Qualitative Qualitativedataorvariablesdonothaveanumericalvalue.Forexamplethecolourofa
solutionisaqualitativevariable.
Quantitative Quantitativedataorvariableshavenumericalvaluesassociatedwiththem.
Rawdata Datacollectedinthelabduringanexperimentthathasnotbeenprocessed.
Research Astatementdefiningthescientificquestiontobeaddressedthroughexperiment.
Question
Scientific Determiningwithconfidencehowonevariablemayinfluenceanother(suchashowtemperature
method mayinfluenceplantgrowthrate).Thisrequiresthatallothervariablesthatmayhaveaneffect
areheldconstant(suchasthelightintensity).
Uncertainty Thedatarecordedinanexperimentwillalwayshavesomeuncertaintyassociatedwithitdueto
theimperfectprocessofmeasurement.Thevalueofotherassociatedvariablesisthereforealso
somewhatuncertain.
Variables Ameasurablequantitythatcanvarysuchastemperature,growthrate.