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=IB Assessment Rubric. =

Planning
|| Aspect 1 || Aspect 2 || Aspect 3 || || Defining the problem || Formulating a brief or research question || Selecting variables or specifications || || Identifies a focused problem for a design project or investigation || States a detailed brief or research question that is appropriate to the level of study. || Selects and explains appropriate variables or specifications. || || Identifies a suitable problem, but lacks detail in the explanation || States a brief or research question, but this is not explained in detail. || Selects some appropriate variables or specifications. || || Does not identify a suitable problem or repeats the general aim provided by the teacher || Does not state a brief or research question or the brief or research question is inappropriate. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Does not select appropriate variables or specifications. ||
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**__Aspect 1: defining the problem.__**
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Students should be given the opportunity to explore open-ended problems. The need or opportunity for formulating a suitable design brief or research question should be identified and fully explained. A particular design context will normally offer a variety of potential problems to solve. Although the general aim of the investigation may be given by the teacher, students must identify a focused problem for themselves. It is not sufficient for a student merely to restate the research question provided

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**__Aspect 2: formulating a brief or research question.__**
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Having explored the design context, students will need to formulate a brief for a project or a research question for an investigation. The brief or research question needs explanation or justification. A project brief will explain the nature of the intended outcome and the target market. A research question will be justified in relation to the design context. For example, a question that states that the investigation concerns testing a range of timbers to compare their properties is not as good as one that relates the question to the appropriate selection of timbers based on their properties for a floor covering, for which the criteria for selection of a suitable timber will be explained.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">__**Aspect 3: selecting variables or specifications.**__
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Having formulated their own brief or research question, students will select appropriate variables for an investigation or specifications for a project. Variables are factors that can be measured and/or controlled. Independent variables are those that are manipulated, and the result of this manipulation leads to the measurement of the dependent variable. A controlled variable is one that should be held constant so as not to obscure the effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable. The initial design specification for a project needs to be explained in relation to the design brief, and priorities for research and development should be stated. The specifications should be justified as a list of requirements against which ideas will be evaluated and the final outcome assessed.

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|| <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Aspect 1 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Aspect 2 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Aspect 3 || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Strategies || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Data collection || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Data processing and analysis || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Identifies suitable strategies for research. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Collects appropriate research material. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Processes research material astutely with detailed analysis. || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Identifies some relevant strategies. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Collects some useful research material. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Processes research material appropriately, though analysis is limited. || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Does not identify strategies or strategies are teacher-directed. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Does not collect any research material or the material is inappropriate. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Processes research material inappropriately ||
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">__**Aspect 1: strategies.**__
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">A variety of sources for collection of suitable data should be identified and priorities made clear. Research for the project or investigation should anticipate the collection of sufficient data so that the brief or research question can be suitably addressed. Research may take many forms depending on the design context chosen.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">__**Aspect 2: data collection.**__
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">For a design project, there should be a balance between qualitative and quantitative data collection, and between primary and secondary data. Investigations may be focused on strategies for collection of one particular category of data, usually quantitative. Data may be presented in a variety of forms, for example, tables, graphs or photographs, and so on.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">__**Aspect 3: data processing and analysis.**__
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">In a design project, research material will form the basis for generation of ideas. Analysis of data that has been suitably processed should relate the usefulness of the research material to the design brief or research question. Errors or uncertainties should be identified where appropriate, and the effect on the reliability of the data quantified. Students should show that they can take raw data, transform it and present it in a form suitable for analysis.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Development
|| <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Aspect 1 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Aspect 2 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Aspect 3 || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Creativity || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Techniques || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Solution || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Uses a range of innovative ideas to solve the problem. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Uses a wide range of appropriate techniques || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Arrives at a good solution to the problem. || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Uses limited innovative ideas to solve the problem || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Uses a range of appropriate techniques || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Arrives at a satisfactory solution to the problem, but with aspects unresolved. || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Uses ideas that are mundane or irrelevant are teacher-directed. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Does not use a range of techniques or techniques are inappropriate. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Arrives at an inappropriate solution to the problem or does not arrive at a solution. ||
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">__**Aspect 1: creativity.**__
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Students should demonstrate originality in tackling the project or investigation. When addressing this criterion, teachers will need to ensure that projects and investigations have enough scope for innovation.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**__Aspect 2: techniques.__**
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Techniques should be chosen that are appropriate to the task and provide evidence of innovative ideas. This may be in the form of detailed drawings, models (physical and/or CAD), tests, experiments, and so on.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**__Aspect 3: solution.__**
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">The final solution needs to be described in appropriate detail. The solution may be the result of an experiment or the use of the design process to design a product or system. For a design project, the detailing must be sufficient for the solution to be realized, with materials and manufacturing techniques made explicit. Formal drawings should be produced in an appropriate format.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Evaluation
|| <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Aspect 1 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Aspect 2 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Aspect 3 || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Conclusion || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Procedure || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Recommendations || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Provides clear evidence of a valid conclusion that addresses the brief or research question || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Includes comprehensive evaluation of procedures at each stage of the investigation or project. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Makes realistic recommendations for improvement. || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Provides a reasonable conclusion that makes reference to the brief or research question. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Includes limited evaluation of procedures. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Makes some useful recommendations for improvement. || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Provides no valid conclusion. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Includes no evaluation of procedures or procedures are teacher-directed. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Makes no valid recommendations for improvement. ||
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**__Aspect 1: conclusion.__**
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">The validity of the solution to the problem should be evaluated and justified. Evidence may be provided via testing of a designed product and expert appraisal or astute interpretation of data for an investigation, even if the conclusion appears contradictory to the accepted theories.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**__Aspect 2: procedure.__**
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">The suitability of chosen strategies at each stage of the investigation or project should be assessed taking into account available resources, including time. Students should not only state weaknesses, but also indicate how significant the weaknesses are. For a design project, procedures will also relate to testing the solution in relation to the specifications stated at the planning stage and gaining user research.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**__Aspect 3: recommendations.__**
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Suggestions for improvements should be based on the weaknesses and limitations identified in aspect 2. Improvements may be presented in a variety of forms, such as drawings, a modified design specification, or a new set of variables. For investigations based on data collection, modifications should address issues of precision, accuracy and reproducibility of the results. The modifications proposed should be realistic and clearly described. It is not sufficient to state that more precise equipment should be used or more time allocated. Modifications for a designed prototype should consider changes to the design for scaling up production and to produce a design family of products.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Manipulative Skills.
|| <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Aspect 1 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Aspect 2 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Aspect 3 || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Procedures || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Use of equipment and materials || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Techniques || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Is able to adhere to procedures for carrying out practical work in a precise, methodical manner. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Manipulates materials and equipment with skill and pays due attention to the safety factors || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Is able to master a wide range of techniques for practical tasks. || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Is able to adhere to procedures for carrying out practical work but overlooks some aspects || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Manipulates materials and equipment to complete the task in a safe manner || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Is able to master a variety of techniques for practical tasks but within narrow parameters. || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Is unable to adhere to procedures for carrying out practical work or requires constant guidance from the teacher. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Is unable to manipulate materials and equipment satisfactorily or safely. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Is able to deal with a limited range of techniques for practical tasks. ||
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**__Aspect 1: procedures.__**
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">The procedures for practical work should be conducted in a methodical manner to aid the finishing of the final outcome. Practical work should have been planned in advance so as to show clearly the sequence of operations to be carried out. Equipment, materials and estimates of time allowance for each operation should be stated clearly if students are to be able to work to plan.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**__Aspect 2: use of equipment and materials.__**
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">The level of guidance required will depend on the nature of the activity and experience of the students. Health and safety must be given due consideration at all times, with explicit evidence apparent in the documentation. Evidence of manipulative skills should be clear from a diary of manufacture. Photographs of the final outcome should be evident in the evaluation section of the report.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**__Aspect 3: techniques.__**
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">A variety of techniques will be relevant to the task. Students should have made astute judgements concerning resource issues for completing the investigation or project. Materials, components and equipment must be manipulated to a standard that will allow a detailed evaluation.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Personal skills
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">(for group 4 project assessment only)

|| <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Aspect 1 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Aspect 2 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Aspect 3 || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Self-motivation and perseverance || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Working within a team || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Self-reflection || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Approaches the project with self-motivation and follows it through to completion. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Collaborates and communicates in a group situation and integrates the views of others. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Shows a thorough awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses and gives thoughtful consideration to their learning experience. || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Completes the project but sometimes lacks self-motivation. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Exchanges some views but requires guidance to collaborate with others. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Shows limited awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses and gives some consideration to their learning experience. || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Lacks perseverance and motivation. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Makes little or no attempt to collaborate in a group situation. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Shows no awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses and gives no consideration to their learning experience. ||
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