Prove it - Folio

30% (Proposal, Folio, Discussion)

P1 Consideration and refinement of a

research question

Thorough consideration

Consideration of question

Some consideration

Basic consideration

Thorough refinement

Some refinement

Little refinement

Broad question

E
Area for research

Did you choose this on purpose and did you choose clearly?

Why is this question/area important to me? / Why do I care?

What other questions could you have asked with a similar focus?

Being specific about your question

Sub-questions showing you know exactly what you want to research (and what you will leave out)

P2 Planning of research processes that

are highly appropriate to the research
question

Thorough planning

Considered planning

Satisfactory planning of
processes

Partial planning of
processes

Research processes highly

appropriate to question

Research processes
appropriate to question

Research processes
appropriate to question

Research processes may

be appropriate to
question

Do you know what you are doing before you do it? (Are you just making it up as you go along?)

Ideas for research processes (eg where to look for content)

o
Keywords for internet search
o
People to talk to

Industry experts
o
Organisations / charities / businesses
o
International day of events
o
Is a survey appropriate
Timelines
Sub-questions
Choices / Decisions you will have to make
Rational (reasons why) these processes might get you the right information
Back up plans

Attempted planning

D1 Resourceful development of the

research

Thorough development

Considered development

Highly resourceful

Mostly resourceful

Satisfactory
development

Development of some
aspects

Attempted development
of an aspect

Are you looking in the best places?

Are you finding good information?

Are you grouping information together from different sources?
Are you finding good sources?
Are you using research processes to their full potential?
How hard have you looked to find sources (have you looked beyond the first three links on a google page)?

D2 Analysis and exploration of the

question

Indepth analysis

Some complexity in
analysis

Satisfactory analysis

Collection rather than

analysis

Attempted collection

Indepth exploration

Some complexiy in
exploration

Satisfactory exploration

Superficial description of
an idea

Partial description of an
idea

Do you just blindly trust what you read / hear?

Are you looking at all the issues of the question?

Discussion about credibility / authenticity / authority of sources and information

D3 Development of knowledge and skills

Highly effective
development of
knowledge

Effective development of
knowledge

Satisfactory
development of
knowledge

Superficial development
of some knowledge

Highly effective
development of skills

Effective development of
skills

Satisfactory
development of skills

Superficial development
development of skills

Attempted development
of one or more skills that
may be related to the
question

Are you learning how to find information and knowing what information is worth finding?
D4 Understanding and development of
one or more capability

Thorough and informed

understanding and
development

Informed understanding
and development

Satisfactory
understaning and
development

Basic understanding and

development

Attempted understanding
and development