IA Checklist

To maximize your score, you should be able to check off as many of the following as possible. Below are included 2 different checklists. One to guide you through writing parts of your assessment. The second is specific to each criterion.

•  Do I have a meaningful title?
•  Do I have a clear statement of the task explicitly, and does it describe what I am researching/what question I am trying to answer?
•  Do I have a clear description of the plan, describing how my task will be performed (including how I will obtain data and analyze it?)
•  Did I include my thoughts and predictions of what the answer to my research question will be?
•  Did I give some background information on my topic?
•  Did I discuss why I wanted to research this topic?

• Is my mathematics relevant and sophisticated to the research question I am trying to answer?
• Have I used enough mathematics to a sufficient quality (i.e., not too simple)?
• Are critical terms defined, explained, presented, and modelled appropriately (formulae, data, tables, graphs, diagrams, etc.) 
• Is my data/information from a reputable source?
• Did I cite the source of my data?
• If I used raw data, did I include it in an appendix?

• Are the mathematical processes I used relevant and meaningful for the type of findings of my research topic?
• Did I all show ALL necessary working out? Is it complete
• Did I double-check my work to make sure that it is accurate?
• Has the mathematical process furthered my research towards a conclusion?
• Are all variables, signs, and symbols (mathematical notation) been defined and applied correctly?

• Did I discuss how I interpreted the results of my mathematical processes?
• Are my conclusions and variations consistent with the mathematical process?
• Do my findings relate to my original research question?
• Is the discussion of my interpretations and conclusions “comprehensive”?

• Did I discuss why the mathematical processes used are applicable in this context?
• Did I comment on any limitations to the mathematical processes that I used?
• Did I comment on the reasonableness of my conclusions/interpretations?
• Did I include any limitations and/or qualifications relating to my conclusions/interpretations?
• If I acknowledged that I needed more information/measurements, did I explain why?
• Did I suggest possible extensions of this project? How can I further my research and its mathematical application?

• Is my paper easy to read?
• Did I include a bibliography/footnotes as appropriate?
• Is there a logical order and flow to the article?
• Is all of my mathematical notation appropriate and correct?
• Is all of my terminology appropriate and correct?
• Have I included graphs/charts/tables as necessary?
• Have I included headings as necessary?  
• Is everything organized neatly?

This is extremely important in all your work. Ensure you have read and are familiar with the IB Academic Honesty document. Academic Honesty (in this context) means:

•  That your work is authentic
•  That your work is your intellectual property
•  That any work taken from another source is adequately cited. Authentic work
•  Is work based on your original ideas
•  Can draw on the work and ideas of others, but this must be fully acknowledged (in Citations and Bibliography)
•  You must use your language and expression