Assessment
Three ways to choose a topic for the IA
Many student struggle to choose a topic for their IA investigation This page contains three activities which illustrate how to find an interesting IA topic. The activities look at, research in Science...
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Dissection of an example IA
The Individual Investigation is a valuable experience. It's as close to being a biologist as you get in the DP Biology course. It's unlikely that anyone gets a chance to do a second assessed investigation...
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Test your IA knowlede - a quiz
The Individual Investigation is probably the most important single piece of work in the DP Biology course. There are many things for teachers to consider. This page outlines some useful details about...
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IA marking activity - Evaluation
The best way to understand the marking criteria is to try to apply them to genuine student work. This activity provides an opportunity to a look at the three aspects of the Research Design criterion,...
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IA Marking activity - Conclusions
The best way to understand the marking criteria is to try to apply them to genuine student work. This activity provides an opportunity to a look at the three aspects of the Research Design criterion,...
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IA marking activity - Data analysis
The best way to understand the marking criteria is to try to apply them to genuine student work. This activity provides an opportunity to a look at the three aspects of the Research Design criterion,...
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IA Marking activity - Research design Free
The best way to understand the marking criteria is to apply them to genuine student work. This activity provides an opportunity to a look at the three aspects of the Research Design criterion, and to...
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Evaluation
In the evaluation, the limitations of the method are discussed and suggestions made about how the method could be improved to enable the collection of data that could help draw a stronger conclusion....
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Conclusion
The conclusion should include the discoveries made from the data analysis, in the form of statements which link these findings to the research question. The conclusion contains two parts; a description...
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Data Analysis Free
Data analysis is all about data collection, presentation and processing. It is expected that sufficient data is collected, even if the experiment has to be repeated if something went wrong the first time....