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Criterion A - Planning

Criterion A - Planning explanation

STRANDS

Maximum: 8
In the personal project, students should be able to:

  1. state a learning goal for the project and explain how a personal interest led to that goal
  2. state an intended product and develop appropriate success criteria for the product
  3. present a clear, detailed plan for achieving the product and its associated success criteria.

NOTES

The following can be considered as evidence...
  • visual thinking diagrams (mind maps)
  • bulleted lists
  • charts
  • short paragraphs
  • notes
  • timelines, action plans
  • annotated illustrations
  • annotated research
  • artifacts from inspirational visits to museums, performances, galleries
  • pictures, photographs, sketches
  • up to 30 seconds of visual or audio material
  • screenshots of a blog or website
  • self- and peer-assessment feedback.

Below are some ideas of how to do this.
  • Planning resources (financial, human and material) and constraints
  • Producing drafts, sketches, prototypes, plans, etc
  • Choosing information, techniques and materials based on the research
  • Testing techniques and materials
  • Compiling a list of purchases
  • Predicting other possibilities
  • Planning the documents to produce (survey, letter, poster, visual aids, etc)
  • Preparing meetings (interviews, surveys, presentations, resource people, etc)
  • Practising a presentation
  • Creating
  • Regularly assessing their work to see if the product helps achieve the learning goal; this could be a self-assessment or an assessment by another person
  • Making necessary improvements
  • Presenting the product
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  • Review the ATL guide.
  • Define the specific skills for each category (communication, collaboration, organization, affective, reflection, information literacy, media literacy, critical thinking, creative thinking, transfer) that you will need.
  • Identify how you will gather your evidence.

RUBRIC

Achievement Level Descriptor
0 The student does not achieve a standard described by any of the descriptors below.
1-2 The student:
  1. states a learning goal
  2. states their intended product
  3. presents a plan that is superficial or that is not focused on a product.
3-4 The student:
  1. states a learning goal and outlines the connection between personal interest(s) and that goal
  2. states their intended product and presents basic success criteria for the product
  3. presents a plan for achieving the product and some of its associated success criteria.
5-6 The student:
  1. states a learning goal and describes the connection between personal interest(s) and that goal
  2. states their intended product and presents multiple appropriate success criteria for the product
  3. presents a detailed plan for achieving the product and most of its associated success criteria.
7-8 The student:
  1. states a learning goal and explains the connection between personal interest(s) and that goal
  2. states their intended product and presents multiple appropriate, detailed success criteria for the product
  3. presents a detailed plan for achieving the product and all of its associated success criteria.

Definitions:

Learning goal What students want to learn as a result of doing the personal project.
Product What students will create for their personal project.
Presents Offer for display, observation, examination or consideration.
State Give a specific name, value or other brief answer without explanation or calculation.
Outline Give a brief account or summary.
Describe Give a detailed account or picture of a situation, event, pattern or process.
Explain Give a detailed account including reasons or causes.

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