Mathematics Final IA
IB Learner Characteristic: Balanced This IA was definitely one of the most difficult IA's that I had to do in all of the IB, as since choosing a topic I had a hard time knowing what to do. Because of this, it took me some time to know what to do for the IA and how to do it. I think this final IA reflected the learner characteristic of balanced because, after I had finally chosen a topic and a way to do my IA, I had to balance the time I had left between gathering good and concrete data and actually writing the IA, producing graphs, etc. I found myself with little time because of the fact that I took so long to start, and therefore had to be very careful and efficient when producing the IA. The main challenge while making this IA was, as mentioned before, the choosing of the topic and the time constraints. I really had a very hard time choosing a topic for the Math IA, as I wanted to find something interesting enough and that I liked, while at the same time having a topic that I would actually understand and be able to develop to the fullest, without getting out of the scope of the subject and the curriculum that we had seen throughout the two years. I thin this IA can help me in the future because I will learn to be faster at choosing a topic for further pieces of work, and therefore be able to use my time more wisely than I did with this work. Even with all of the challenges and with my mistakes, I believe I made a good IA that satisfied myself and the standards of an IB piece of work that deserves a good grade. |
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Mathematics IA: Data Gathering
IB Learner Characteristic: Reflective This was the data gathering section of the Mathematics IA, and it is something that I could consider almost completely separate from the actual IA, as it was a whole other assignment that needed a lot of work, research and dedication to complete. I believe that this piece of work reflects the reflective characteristic of the IB Learner Profile as it was an assignment that required a lot of thinking and reflection to complete, as opposed to just mindless data gathering and copying. Additionally, making all sorts of charts and graphs with all of the data was also a process that requires a lot of reflection and thinkin on the data to make sure that everything is correct and logical. While I was completing this piece of work and even after I was done with it, I remember feeling very productive, this was a lot of work and I gathered a lot of data, which I then transferred over to many graphs and and tables that took me a lot of work to get right. Because of this, I really felt productive and in general I felt great when I was done with this aspect of the IA. While creating this piece of work I learned that I am really good at doing this kind of thing, and I felt very compelled and interested by all of the data I gathered and the results that I found. |