Group 4 Project

Regarding some questions about how the Group 4 Project is assessed, here are some details about what teachers/ supervisors are looking for, and a copy of the assessment criteria.

Assessment.

The Group 4 Project assesses the 'Personal Skills' criterion only. You cannot use it for any other assessment. 6 marks are available in total as shown in the table.

• You and your teams will be observed throughout the project by at least one member of staff.


• They will be making notes about how well you apply the three aspects below.


• You will be interviewed at some point during the project about how you have addressed each aspect, be prepared.


• They will expect to see evidence of these aspects being covered in the exposition.


• Every member of the team will be expected to contribute to the exposition's preparation and delivery.

Your Group 4 Project team will be watched by a supervisor throughout the project who makes judgments about your personal skills (great..). You will all be formally interviewed as a team at some point during the two days. Be prepared for this. They expect to see real evidence of the following things:

• Approaches the project with self-motivation and follows it through to completion.


• Collaborates and communicates in a group situation and integrates the views of others.


• Shows a thorough awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses and gives thoughtful consideration to their learning experience.

A typical Group 4 Assessment Sheet is attached here. Note that the focus of the Group 4 Projects may vary from school to school, but the project fundamentally aims to just 'grade' you on how well you work in a team and tackle a problem independently.
These marks will be determined by the teacher and added to your IA marks for your group 4 subject.

Levels/marks	Aspect 1	Aspect 2	Aspect 3
	Self-motivation and perseverance	Working within a team	Self-reflection
Complete/2	Approaches the project with self-motivation and follows it through to completion.	Collaborates and communicates in a group situation and integrates the views of others.	Shows a thorough awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses and gives thoughtful consideration to their learning experience.
Partial/1	Completes the project but sometimes lacks self-motivation.	Exchanges some views but requires guidance to collaborate with others.	Shows limited awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses and gives some consideration to their learning experience.
Not at all/0	Lacks perseverance and motivation.	Makes little or no attempt to collaborate in a group situation.	Shows no awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses and gives no consideration to their learning experience.