IB Individual Assessment – Checklist and Rubric

Name:
Personal
Category Engagement Exploration Analysis Evaluation Communication Total
Student’s
Mark
Maximum
2 6 6 6 4 24
Mark

PERSONAL ENGAGEMENT

Descriptor 0 1 2 □ Clear
□ Independent/thinking/creativity
The justification given for choosing the □ Personal significance
none limited/little clear/significant
research question and/or the topic under □ Demonstrated interest and curiosity in
investigation demonstrates person topic
significance, interest or curiosity
□ Personal input and initiative
There is evidence of personal input and none limited/little clear/significant □ Applied a known technique to an
initiative in the designing, implementation or interesting real-word situation
presentation of the investigation □ “Pilot work” or “Trial 0” reflection
Most consistent grade

EXPLORATION

Descriptor 0 1-2 3-4 5-6 □ Research Question – Clearly

described
stated/ stated/ stated/ fully □ Background information
The topic of the investigation is identified, and none
unfocussed focused focused □ Complete
relevant fully focused research question is
clearly described □ Appropriate and relevant
□ Contains chemical equations
The background information provided for the entirely □ Contains mathematical
none superficial appropriate
investigation is entirely appropriate, relevant appropriate equations
and enhances the understanding of □ IV, DV, CV stated and explained
the context of the investigation fully
The methodology of the investigation is mainly highly □ Methodology
highly appropriate to address the research none limited □ Appropriate and relevant
appropriate appropriate
question because it takes into consideration all, □ Reliability addressed
or nearly all, of the significant factors that may □ Produces sufficient data
influence the relevance reliability and □ Written in past, passive and
sufficiency of the collected data impersonal format
□ Awareness
The report shows evidence of awareness of the none limited some full □ Safety consideration
significant safety, ethical or environmental □ Environmental consideration
issues relevant to the methodology of the □ Ethical consideration if
investigation relevant
Most consistent grade
ANALYSIS

Descriptor 0 1-2 3-4 5-6 □ Sufficient and relevant quantitative raw

data included
The report includes sufficient relevant relevant/ relevant/ □ Included qualitative data
none insufficient
quantitative and qualitative raw data that incomplete complete □ Data processing – accurate and
could support a detailed and valid consistent
conclusion to the research question □ Sample calculations accurate and
Appropriate and sufficient data completed
basic/ appropriate/
processing is carried out with the none appropriate □ Uncertainty sample calculations accurate
insufficient accurate
accuracy required to enable a and completed
conclusion to the research question to □ Included processed quantitative data
be drawn that is fully consistent with the □ Tables included proper title variables,
experimental data units, uncertainties where possible and
The report shows evidence of full and correct number of decimal places & sig. fig.
appropriate consideration of the impact of none little some full
□ Processed table data trends interpreted
measurement uncertainty on the and discussed
analysis
□ Graphs included proper title variables,
The processed data is correctly incorrect/ valid/ valid/ units, uncertainties where possible,
none
interpreted so that a completely valid insufficient incomplete detailed correct number of decimal places & sig. fig.
and detailed conclusion to the research □ Graph trends interpreted and discussed
question can be deduced
Most consistent grade
EVALUATION

Descriptor 0 1-2 3-4 5-6 □ Conclusion

□ Described and justified to
irrelevant/ relevant/ justified/ research question,
A detailed conclusion is described and justified which none
unsupported supported supported supported by data
is entirely relevant to the research question and fully
supported by the data presented. □ Compared to scientific
concepts and/or
A conclusion is correctly described and justified some relevant/ expected value with %
none superficial
through relevant comparison to the accepted relevance justified error reported if
scientific context. applicable
Strengths and weaknesses of the investigation, such □ Concluding paragraph stated
as limitations of the data and sources of error, are outlined/ described/ discussed/ that summarizes experiment
none □ Success of experiment
discussed and provided evidence of a clear superficial some clear
understanding of the methodological issues discussed
involved in establishing the conclusion □ Limitation of data reported
described discussed □ At least 1 improvement
The student has discussed realistic and relevant none outlined few some all reported for every limitation
suggestions for the improvement and extension of the
investigation □ Meaningful extension(s)
discussed
Most consistent grade □ Within 6-12 pages limit
COMMUNICATION

Descriptor 0 1-2 3-4 □ Report is clear and concise

□ Report is well structured
The report is well structured and clear: the necessary unclear/ □ Necessary info on focus, process
none clear/coherent
information on focus, process and outcomes is present and incoherent and outcomes are coherent
presented in a coherent way □ Info is relevant
not concise/ concise and □ Proper use of specific
The report is relevant and concise, thereby facilitating a ready none
irrelevant info relevant terminology and conventions
understanding of the focus, process and outcomes of the
investigation □ Proper use of chemical and
mathematical equations/formula
The use of subject-specific terminology and conventions is many errors appropriate/ □ Information cited
none present correct
appropriate and correct. Any errors do not hamper □ Report written in impersonal
understanding. format
Most consistent grade