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This document provides a checklist for students to use when writing their draft internal assessment (IA) exploration for the IB Math SL course. It includes prompts to ensure the exploration has a clear introduction, aim, flow, and conclusion. It also prompts students to use proper mathematical language, cite references, include appropriate tables, graphs and diagrams, engage with their topic personally, and demonstrate their mathematical understanding, knowledge and problem-solving skills. The checklist covers key areas of presentation, reflection, personal engagement, and use of mathematics to guide students in developing a high-quality draft of their IA exploration.

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Name: - : Presentation & Mathematical Communication

This document provides a checklist for students to use when writing their draft internal assessment (IA) exploration for the IB Math SL course. It includes prompts to ensure the exploration has a clear introduction, aim, flow, and conclusion. It also prompts students to use proper mathematical language, cite references, include appropriate tables, graphs and diagrams, engage with their topic personally, and demonstrate their mathematical understanding, knowledge and problem-solving skills. The checklist covers key areas of presentation, reflection, personal engagement, and use of mathematics to guide students in developing a high-quality draft of their IA exploration.

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IA Exploration Internal Assessment

Turner Fenton S.S.


A CHECKLIST FOR WRITING YOUR DRAFT EXPLORATION

Name: __________________________________

Presentation & Mathematical Communication


⎕ Did you start with an introduction?

⎕ Do you have a clearly written aim and rationale?

⎕ Does the entire paper focus on the aim and avoiding irrelevance? Don’t go off on a tangent.

⎕ Does the writing flow nicely?

⎕ Is your exploration coherent? (Def’n: logically organized, understandable, having clarity)

⎕ Did you include graphs, tables and diagrams at appropriate places and not attach them all at the end?

⎕ Have you had someone (not a student in Math SL) edit your paper?

⎕ Did you cite all references in your bibliography and acknowledge direct quotes appropriately?
(APA citations & APA footnotes)

⎕ Did you use appropriate mathematical language and representation? (No computer notation *, ^, etc)

⎕ Did you define key terms where necessary?

⎕ Did you define variables?

⎕ Did you use appropriate technology?

⎕ Did you think about the degree of accuracy? (For your topic, how many decimal places are relevant?)

⎕ Did you end with a conclusion and relate it back to your aim and rationale?

⎕ Do you have page numbers?

⎕ Did you write in 12pt?

⎕ Do you have 12 to 20 pages with double line spacing, including diagrams and graphs, but excluding the
bibliography?

⎕ Did you include the following on your cover page?


• IB Logo
• Title of the exploration
• Due Date
• IB Personal Code
• Number of pages
⎕ Before submitting your IA file, please name it in the following form: “Lastname_Firstname_MathIA”
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Reflection
⎕ Did you ask questions, make conjectures and investigate mathematical ideas?

⎕ Did you consider the historical and global perspectives of your topic?

⎕ Did you discuss the implications of your results? (What do they mean? Why are they important?...)

⎕ Did you consider the significance of your paper?

⎕ Did you look for possible limitations and/or extensions of your topic?

⎕ Did you make links between your topic and different fields and/or areas of mathematics?

Personal Engagement
⎕ Did you ask and answer personal questions (“I wonder if…, What if…”)?

⎕ Did you try to think independently and creatively?

⎕ Did you address why you think your topic is interesting or why it appealed to you?

⎕ Did you present mathematical ideas in your own way (as opposed to copy someone else’ theory)?

⎕ Did you try to add “your voice” to the work?

⎕ Did you relate the results to your own life?

Use of Mathematics
⎕ Level of math used consistent with level of SL Math course?

⎕ Knowledge and understanding of mathematics demonstrated?

⎕ Did you explore unfamiliar math, or apply familiar math to a new situation?

⎕ Did you create mathematical models for real-world situations, if this applied to your topic?

⎕ Did you apply problem-solving techniques?

⎕ Did you look for and explain patterns, if this applied to your topic?

⎕ Was a solution found to the problem posed?

⎕ Was the solution “written” in real world terms?

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