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New changes in IA for Group 4 in IB
1. NEW CHANGES IN IA
To be applicable from 2014
As updated by Fiona Clark, Group 4
curriculum manager at IBO Workshop,
Mumbai, November, 2011
2. New Internal assessment
The model proposed is for one, open-ended practical
investigation with new generic criteria that will allow
both a wider range of activities satisfying the varying
needs of the three subjects and more agreement on
the marks awarded as a result of the application of the
criteria. It would be 20% of the overall assessment.
The criteria would need to reflect the learner profile
and the overarching nature of science theme for the
new group 4 courses.
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3. New Internal assessment
Summary of outcomes
The practical activities programme will remain at
40/60 hours and the group 4 project would remain and
be assessed, as now, with the criterion personal skills.
The IA task will be one investigation/scientific
exploration. It will be presented as written task (as the
group 4 project already allows for wider range of
presentational modes).
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4. New Internal assessment
The task will allow a wider range of activities than the
present traditional hands-on practical investigation
(this latter would remain as a possible IA task but the
detailed assessment of specific aspects of it would be
undertaken in the written papers) :
E.g.
Using a spreadsheet for analysis and modelling
Extracting data from a database and analyzing graphically etc
Simulations must be interactive and open ended
More qualitative work allowed
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5. New Internal assessment
The task will have the same assessment criteria for
SL and HL but may have different weightings
(percentages). Moderation would probably be based
on e-portfolios and e-moderated by seeding.
The rigour of the IA would be maintained by ensuring
the criteria reflect the demanding conceptual
understanding required by making the nature of
science the overarching theme.
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6. New Internal assessment
Draft criteria are Context, Analysis, Communication,
and Reflection, each on a possible 0-4 point scale.
The tasks produced would be complex and
commensurate with the level of the course. They
would require a purposeful research question and the
scientific rationale for it and a cognitive component -
critical scientific thinking element (thinking like a
scientist).
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