Top six mistakes made in IB Math Internal Assessment
- 1. IB MATH INTERNAL ASSESSMENT B Y I B S U P E R T O P S I X M I S T A K E S M A D E I N
- 2. 1. EXCESSIVE WRITING & WORKING The IB Math SL and HL guide recommends 6 - 12 pages for the Math IA. Repetitive working and content should be removed
- 3. 2. MISSING CITATIONS Many students neglect to cite sources in their IAs. This amounts to plagiarism and students will be penalized.
- 4. 3. USING COMPLICATED MATH JUST TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF MATH Students copy complicated Math from Math journals without demonstrating a real understanding of the Math. Examiners can tell that students lack real understanding.
- 5. 4. NOT LABELING TABLES AND GRAPHS All tables, graphs and charts have to be labeled. If examiners struggle to guess what these graphs and tables are trying to demonstrate, marks will be deducted.
- 6. 5. INSUFFICIENT RESEARCH Students who copy common textbook problems or reproduce topics from websites such as Khan Academy or Numberphile usually do not score well. Try to do in-depth research and come up with your own topics
- 7. 6. LACK OF EXPLANATION OF CALCULATOR WORKING Students inserted the mathematical model obtained from the calculator without much explanation. For example, modelling of musical notes is one of the more popular IAs. Students just plotted the function without much explanation on how the function was derived.
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