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Assessment Type 3: Evaluation: Written Summary
Assessment Type 3: Evaluation: Written Summary
Assessment Type 3: Evaluation: Written Summary
RESEARCH PROJECT
Your Evaluation will have three sections:
1. Written Summary (150 words NOT included in the 1500 word limit)
2. Evaluation of Research Processes (1100 words)
3. Evaluation of the Quality of the Research Outcome (400 words)
Steps to completing your final evaluation:
Use the following outline as a guide for what to write in each section.
Look at the exemplars of past students
Email draft to me asap so I can give you some feedback!!
WRITTEN SUMMARY
Write your Written Summary (150- 200 words) using your answers to the following questions:
a. What was the subject of my research when I started and why was it chosen?
b. What were the main ways in which I collected information?
c. What was my research outcome?
My research topic was.
I picked this topic because.
The main ways I collected research were..
My research outcome was.
See PDF: WRITTEN SUMMARY for more information and an exemplar from SACE
Consider: effectiveness of this research process; successes you had; limitations of this process; alternate
processes you could have employed
Challenges you encountered and how they were overcome.
Opportunities you had and how you took advantage of them.
What you would do differently in the future (if anything).
How you were ethical as you researched in this way.
THE FOCUS IS ON MAKING BALANCED JUDGEMENTS ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES TAKEN
IN RELATION TO THE VALIDITY OF THE DATA OBTAINED
When talking about validity of the information you obtained, YOU SHOULD:
YOU MUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO NOT SIMPLY RECOUNT WHAT YOU DID everything you write should have an evaluative
statement attached. You must evaluate not just HOW you gathered information but also the information itself.
What worked well was how I..
What I should have tried was
The article that was the most helpful was
This source was the most credible because
Paragraph 2:
How is your Outcome limited in value? How could it be more valuable?
How could the quality of your Outcome be improved?
Consider.....
How could your Outcome be improved?
What would make it more useful to others?
What are the limitations of your Outcome? (eg limited by your word limit, research skills, the fact you are a
high school student, etc).
Internet research
RESEARCH PROJECT
Process of gathering information:
Internet searching
Assessing credibility of sources
Annotating
Exploring links
Getting ideas
Applying new knowledge to develop the research
Validity of the data/information obtained:
How credible were your sources? WHO WROTE IT? WHY? WHAT IS THEIR BIAS? WHEN WAS IT WRITTEN?
How valuable was the information you gained from sources?
Give examples to support what you are saying
Usefulness of the information obtained:
How did you use the information you obtained?
Ethical Appropriateness
Interviews
Manageability
Process of conducting your interview:
Locating credible person
Planning appropriate questions
Ethical considerations
Recording interview
Analysis of interview
Validity & Usefulness of the information obtained:
Assess the quality of the information Useful? Reliable? Biased?
How did you use the information? Links/ideas/applying knowledge
Credibility of source of information:
Who are they?
What is their expertise?
What is their bias?
Ethical Appropriateness
Manageability
Surveys