Math IA Checklist

#III
Have you included a title page and/or given your report a suitable title. Yes No

Have you made sure your name, candidate code, the name of the school or the name of Yes No

your teacher have not been mentioned in your IA to protect your identity?

Are you using a legible font at an appropriate font size? Yes No

Is your exploration 12 - 20 pages long, not including bibliography or cover page? Yes No

Have you written your IA entirely by yourself, is original, and is not a replica of ideas or Yes No
resources you came across during research?

Have you documented all of your sources and resources in the bibliography? Yes No

Have you strived to apply your personal interest, develop your own ideas, and use
Yes No
critical thinking skills during your exploration and demonstrate these in your report?

Have you created a clear structure for your exploration that includes an introduction,
body, with calculations and analysis, and conclusions? Yes No

Does your introduction contain the following:

Rationale Yes No

Aims and research question Yes No

Methodology Yes No

Hypothesis and expectations Yes No

Have you referred to the Assessment Criteria while writing your exploration? Yes No

Does your report focus on good mathematical communication, using mathematical Yes No
vocabulary and symbols/mathematical notation where appropriate?

Are graphs, tables and diagrams correctly labeled and captioned? Yes No

Have you connected your tables, graphs and diagrams with your text via reflexive and Yes No
explanatory comments, giving a critical interpretation of their content?

To the best of your knowledge, have you used and demonstrated understanding of Yes No
mathematical methods that are consistent with the level of the course?

Have you attempted to discuss mathematical ideas, and use mathematics, with a Yes No
sufficient level of knowledge, understanding, sophistication and rigor?

Have you aided your communication with the use of technology for graphing, plotting, Yes No
writing formulae?

Have you drawn mathematically significant conclusions throughout your exploration and Yes No

are you summarizing them in the conclusion section?

Have you given your exploration to a friend to check for clarity and feedback? Yes No

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