IB
MATHEMATICS
INTERNAL
ASSESSMENT
AA
ADMINISTRATION- KEY
DATES
Mini IA:
• Due Monday Week 3.
• All submissions need to be on CGS connect as a PDF
IA
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ORGANIZATION
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IMPORTANT POINTS
Some important points to consider:
♦ In your Exploration you need to write about mathematics and not just do
mathematics.
♦ Any idea, method, content, etc that is not your own must be cited at the point in the
Exploration where it is used. Just listingyour sources in a bibliography is not enough and
may lead to the IB deciding that malpractice has occurred.
♦ The Exploration is an opportunity for you to learn more about a mathematical topic
in which you are genuinely interested. Youwill be rewarded (personal engagement)
for explaining your interest in the topic, and for demonstrating curiosity, creativity &
independent thinking.
♦ Your audience is your fellow students – that is, you need to write your
Exploration so that your classmates in Maths SL can read and understand it. Thus, it
is not necessary to explain in great detail basic mathematics that will be familiar to a
student in Math SL.
♦ You will be rewarded (reflection) for expressing what you think about the
mathematics you are exploring. You should endeavour to pose your own questions
and try to answer them using suitably sufficient level of mathematical ideas and
procedures.
♦ You will be required to submit a complete draft of your Exploration – containing
an introduction, conclusion and all planned content to sufficiently address all five
criteria. You will receive feedback on the draft and then be given an opportunity to
revise it to submit a final version.
♦ All of the work you do on your Exploration must be your own. When finished with
your final version you will be required to sign a ‘declaration’ that states, “I confirm
that this work is my own and is the final version. I have acknowledged each use of
the words or ideas of another person, whether written, oral or visual.”
MINI IA GUIDELINES
Maximum 10 pages (Not including the title page or appendix)
Must work in pairs (Groups top be approved by teacher)
No draft submission
Same criteria
Peer marking component
SAMPLE PAPERS