THE STRUCTURE OF THE PROJECT

The Math Studies teacher guides and supervises the candidates. The Math Studies teacher guides and supervises the candidates. Other teachers may be approached for consultation. Other teachers may be approached for consultation. Class time should be used for : Class time should be used for :  general discussion on skills associated with project work  the reading and understanding of the assessment criteria  Student practice in moderating projects  Consultations between teacher and student

DATA COLLECTION OBSERVATION OBSERVATION INTERVIEW INTERVIEW SURVEY SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE QUESTIONNAIRE MEASURING MEASURING ACCESSING RECORDED INFORMATION ACCESSING RECORDED INFORMATION INTERNET SOURCES INTERNET SOURCES

WHERE TO COLLECT DATA IN SCHOOL IN SCHOOL OUTSIDE SCHOOL OUTSIDE SCHOOL LIBRARY LIBRARY INTERNET INTERNET NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, ETC NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, ETC BANKS BANKS BUSINESSES BUSINESSES

VALIDITY OF DATA RANDOM SAMPLE OR BIASED SAMPLE? RANDOM SAMPLE OR BIASED SAMPLE? HOW ACCURATE WERE THE MEASUREMENTS? HOW ACCURATE WERE THE MEASUREMENTS? HOW ACCURATE WAS THE INFORMATION? HOW ACCURATE WAS THE INFORMATION?

REPRESENTING DATA TABLES TABLES GRAPHS GRAPHS DIAGRAMS DIAGRAMS DRAWINGS DRAWINGS PHOTOGRAPHS PHOTOGRAPHS COMPUTER PRINTOUTS COMPUTER PRINTOUTS CONSTRUCTIONS CONSTRUCTIONS

ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF DATA GRAPHS GRAPHS STATISTICS STATISTICS ALGEBRA ALGEBRA GEOMETRY GEOMETRY TRIGONOMETRY TRIGONOMETRY ARITHMETIC ARITHMETIC LOOKING FOR PATTERNS AND MAKING DEDUCTIONS LOOKING FOR PATTERNS AND MAKING DEDUCTIONS

The assessment criteria should be referred to frequently. The assessment criteria should be referred to frequently. On-going project work should be evaluated On-going project work should be evaluated Internal school deadlines should be set for different stages of the project Internal school deadlines should be set for different stages of the project

THE FINAL PROJECT MUST BE THE INDIVIDUAL AND PERSONAL WORK OF EACH STUDENT EACH STUDENT