Middle Years Programme Assessment Criteria
Criterion A: knowledge
Maximum 10
Knowledge
is fundamental to studying humanities, and forms the base from which to
explore concepts and develop skills. Knowledge and understanding can be
assessed through a wide variety of tasks that involve factual recall or
description, and explanation. Tasks may include tests, examinations,
written assignments, oral interviews and presentations, extended
writing, projects and exhibits.
Criterion B: concepts
Maximum 10
Concepts are powerful ideas that have relevance within and across the Middle Years Programme, and
students must explore and re-explore these in order to develop understanding. Learners develop their
understanding of a concept to increasing levels of sophistication by applying acquired knowledge and skills.
Assessment
tasks should allow students to demonstrate and apply the full extent of
their understanding of the concepts specified within, or across,
disciplines. It is not intended that any one piece of work will assess
all of the humanities concepts (time, place and space, change, systems
and global awareness). Suggested tasks for assessment include extended
writing, oral presentations, research projects, case studies, essays
and tests, and must give students the opportunity to demonstrate the
requirements of the highest level descriptor.
Criterion C: skills
Maximum 10
The development of skills in humanities is critical in enabling the student to undertake research and
demonstrate
an understanding of knowledge and concepts. Developments in the
student’s technical, analytical, decision-making and investigative
skills will be invaluable in transferring these skills to other subject
groups in the MYP, and for lifelong learning.
Assessment tasks may
give the student the opportunity to demonstrate one or more of the
skills described in the objectives. Tasks for assessment may include
fieldwork, data analysis, map analysis, evaluation of sources and/or
evidence, a research paper or similar piece of extended writing, case
studies, and oral presentations/interviews.
Note:Certain elements
within each descriptor apply to specific skills. Teachers should use
only the relevant elements of the descriptors when assessing different
skills.
Criterion D: organization and presentation
Maximum 8
Students
need to develop the ability to organize and present information and
ideas in order to be able to demonstrate their grasp of humanities
knowledge, concepts and skills.
Criterion D is more suited to
assessing extended pieces of work, for example, fieldwork, research
projects or essays. Teachers should use only the relevant elements of
the descriptors when assessing organization and presentation.
Schools must ensure that there is a set of recognized conventions for students to adhere to when documenting sources.
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