MYP Personal Project
  • MYP Personal Project
  • Faria Education Group
  • About the author: Lenny Dutton
  • Project Overview
    • Introducing the Personal Project
    • What is the Personal Project?
    • Objectives
    • Assessment criteria
    • Who supports students?
  • Process
    • Learning goal and product
    • Setting a goal
    • Documenting the process
    • Action plan & success criteria
    • ATL skills
    • Evaluating goals and product
  • The Report
    • What is the report?
    • What is in the report?
    • Report format
  • Glossary
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Glossary

General Terms

Terms

Definitions

ATL skill clusters

One or more of: communication, collaboration, organization, affective, reflection, information literacy, media literacy, critical thinking, creative thinking, transfer.

Bibliography

An alphabetical list of every source used to research the project.

Criteria

Specific elements the personal project product must meet to be a quality outcome, as defined by the student.

List of references

An alphabetical list of only those sources that are cited in the project presentation or report.

Product

What students will create for their personal project. The product may be a tangible artifact such as a sculpture, film, story or model. The product may also be a non-tangible result or result that has various aspects to it, for example, an awareness-raising campaign.

Report

A spoken or written account of something observed, heard, done or investigated, which aims to inform as clearly and succinctly as possible.

Command Terms

Terms

Definition

Describe

Give a detailed account or picture of a situation, event, pattern or process

Develop

Improve incrementally, elaborate or expand in detail. Evolve to a more advanced or effective state.

Evaluate

Make an appraisal by weighing up the strengths and limitations.

Explain

Give a detailed account including reasons or causes.

Outline

Give a brief account or summary

Present

Offer for display, observation, examination or consideration.

State

Give a specific name, value or other brief answer without explanation or calculation

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