Objective Strands
- Develop criteria for the product/outcome
- Plan and record the development process
- Demonstrate self-management skills
DEVELOP THE CRITERIA FOR YOUR PRODUCT/OUTCOME
Develop the criteria that your final product/outcome will be measured against.
These should be specifications that the product/outcome must meet to be considered a success.
Your research must inform these specifications. You might make a checklist or rubric.
You should draft these in your Process Journal.
EG. A student's goal is to research the importance of bamboo in Vietnamese life and plans to produce a painting.
Specifications might include the following:
Start with 7-8 Criteria and whittle it down to 4-5
FROM THE MYP PROJECTS GUIDE
Creating criteria for the product/outcome
As part of the goal, students must determine a final product/outcome of their project. The product/outcome might be an original work of art, a model, a business plan, a campaign, a blueprint or architectural drawing, an essay, a course of study, a debate, a film or some other work.
Students must define realistic criteria to measure the quality of the project’s final outcome or product. Working with their supervisor, students decide what constitutes a high-quality product/outcome. Some appropriate tools for setting standards and assessing quality include checklists or rubrics. Students document the criteria in their process journal and use them to assess the final outcome or product.
For example, the goal may be to design a personal fitness programme to prepare for a half-marathon. The project is aiming to increase fitness through a training schedule, with the outcome of demonstrating increased fitness by successfully running a half-marathon. The criteria might include a proposed running schedule with interim projected running times, and the final running time the student hopes to achieve in the half-marathon. The outcome might be documented through a fitness chart, diary entries, running times and a series of photos of the actual marathon.
Usually, students will not be able to define the criteria until they have spent some time researching the goal, and criteria should only be determined once students have a clear understanding of what they want to achieve and the proposed product/outcome of their project.
Develop the criteria that your final product/outcome will be measured against.
These should be specifications that the product/outcome must meet to be considered a success.
Your research must inform these specifications. You might make a checklist or rubric.
You should draft these in your Process Journal.
EG. A student's goal is to research the importance of bamboo in Vietnamese life and plans to produce a painting.
Specifications might include the following:
- The painting will include images of how bamboo is used in daily life
- The medium will be acrylic on canvas
- The style will be observational
- The painting will consist of mixed media and realism - bamboo products attached to the canvas
- The painting will be on a canvas 1m x 1m
Start with 7-8 Criteria and whittle it down to 4-5
FROM THE MYP PROJECTS GUIDE
Creating criteria for the product/outcome
As part of the goal, students must determine a final product/outcome of their project. The product/outcome might be an original work of art, a model, a business plan, a campaign, a blueprint or architectural drawing, an essay, a course of study, a debate, a film or some other work.
Students must define realistic criteria to measure the quality of the project’s final outcome or product. Working with their supervisor, students decide what constitutes a high-quality product/outcome. Some appropriate tools for setting standards and assessing quality include checklists or rubrics. Students document the criteria in their process journal and use them to assess the final outcome or product.
For example, the goal may be to design a personal fitness programme to prepare for a half-marathon. The project is aiming to increase fitness through a training schedule, with the outcome of demonstrating increased fitness by successfully running a half-marathon. The criteria might include a proposed running schedule with interim projected running times, and the final running time the student hopes to achieve in the half-marathon. The outcome might be documented through a fitness chart, diary entries, running times and a series of photos of the actual marathon.
Usually, students will not be able to define the criteria until they have spent some time researching the goal, and criteria should only be determined once students have a clear understanding of what they want to achieve and the proposed product/outcome of their project.
