Introduction to the ia
- 2. What is it? The Internal Assessment (I.A.) is a formal assessment in which you will be taking the role researcher and reporter!
- 3. What do I have to do? You will plan, undertake, and report a replication of a simple experimental study. Analyze a study, plan and conduct research, report findings and provide analysis in a formal written report.
- 4. Ethics…What you Can’t Do-Any experimental study that creates anxiety, stress, pain or discomfort for participants • must not be permitted. • Any experimental study that involves unjustified deception, involuntary participation or invasion of privacy, including the inappropriate use of information and communication technology (ICT), email and the internet, must be avoided. • All participants must be informed before commencing the experimental study that they have the right to withdraw at any time. Pressure must not be placed on any individual participant to continue with the investigation beyond this point. • Each participant must be informed of the aims and objectives of the research and must be shown the results of the research. • Young children should not be used as participants. Experimental studies involving children need the written consent of parent(s) or guardian(s). Students must ensure that parents are fully informed about the implications for children who take part in such research. Where an experimental study is conducted with children in a school, the written consent of the teachers concerned must also be obtained. • Participants must be debriefed and given the right to withdraw their own personal data and responses. -Anonymity for each participant must be guaranteed. • Teachers and students must exercise the greatest sensitivity to local and international cultures. • Students must avoid conducting research with any adult who is not in a fit state of mind and cannot respond freely and independently. • If any participant shows stress and/or pain at any stage of an experimental study, the investigation must finish immediately, and the participant must be allowed to withdraw. • Non-human animals must not be used for experimental study. • All data collected must be kept in a confidential and responsible manner and not divulged to any other person. • Students must regard it as their duty to monitor the ways in which their peers conduct research, and to encourage public re-evaluation of any research that contravenes these guidelines.
- 5. Your Independent Variable must not be related to.. • gender (for example, comparing the results of female and male participants) • age (for example, comparing the performance of 10-year- old participants and 18-year-old participants) • native language (for example, comparing native French speakers and native Mandarin speakers) • culture (for example, comparing the results of Afro- Caribbean participants and Swedish participants) • education level (for example, comparing the performance of students in grade 5 and grade 11) • socio-economic status (for example, poor participants and rich participants) • handedness (for example, left-handed and right-handed participants).
- 6. Your Study Must… 1. Be Ethical 2. Be limited in scope: One independent variable 3. Be quantitative (results that are represented using numbers and can be analyzed using simple statistical analysis) 4. Able to be studied quickly and using fellow students at TuHS.
- 7. Elements of the I.A. (Points per Section) Abstract Introduction (2) Method: Design, Participants, Procedure (6) Results (4) Discussion (6) Presentation (2) Appendices
- 8. Group Work You may work with a group of up to 4. (No more) I.B. Testers will WRITE INDEPENDENT REPORTS! Data and Procedures may be shared….ALL OTHER WORK MUST BE YOUR OWN!!!!!!!! Non-Testers will work in groups and write group reports but independent discussions.
- 9. What topics will I be studying? You will have the choice of several separate studies that focus on perception, memory, and other topics.
- 10. Our Tasks Today Form a group of no more than 4. Explore the studies on my website and pick a study that you are interested in focusing on. Read the study and complete a Study Summary Sheet…Having an understanding of the study will be key to your success! Study Summary Sheet due next class.
- 11. Next Class We will discuss the individual elements of the IA. You will have deadlines and a checklist for each component.