The student is able to:
Strand i) explain the impact of the project on themselves or their learning
Strand ii) evaluate the product based on the success criteria.
Definitions of relevant MYP Command Terms
| Definitions | |
| Product | What students will create for their personal project. |
| State | Give a specific name, value or other brief answer without explanation or calculation. |
| Outline | Give a brief account or summary. |
| Describe | Give a detailed account or picture of a situation, event, pattern or process. |
| Explain | Give a detailed account including reasons and causes. |
(IBO, Personal Project Guide, 2021, p 34)
The Impact of the project:
• could refer to any aspect of having done the project: inquiry, action and/or reflection
• could include progress made towards the learning goal
• could include ways in which the student has grown as a learner, such as improvement in the ATL skills or learner profile attributes
• could include ways in which the student has grown or changed as a result of the project.
Table 8
The possible impacts of the learning goal and product
| Possible Impacts of the learning goal | Possible Impacts of the product |
|---|---|
|
Develops specific ATL skills |
Meets a need in the community |
| Extends knowledge about an area of interest | Showcases the students’ skills or abilities |
|
Gains confidence by completing an independent project |
(Table 8, The possible impacts of the learning goal and product, IBO, 2021, p. 26)
Evaluate your final product/outcome against the criteria you created during the planning phase of the project.
Was your product/outcome successful?
Did it meet your expectations?
How can you support this with evidence?
If you created a rubric you can show which levels you achieved for each criteria.
Was audience understanding/satisfaction part of your project goal? You could conduct a survey to gather evidence of their understanding/satisfaction.
Remember not just to state the achievement levels but analyze why your product/outcome achieved that level, how might you change things to achieve a higher level? What would you do differently another time?