Check List

Communication & Mathematical presentation
⎕ Did you start with an introduction?
⎕ Do you have a clearly written aim and rationale?
⎕ Does the entire paper focus on the aim and avoiding irrelevance? Don’t go off on a tangent.
⎕ Does the writing flow nicely?
⎕ Is your exploration coherent? (Def’n: logically organized, understandable, having clarity)
⎕ Did you include graphs, tables, and diagrams at appropriate places and not attach them all at the end?
⎕ Have you had someone (not a student in Math SL) edit your paper?
⎕ Did you cite all references in your bibliography and acknowledge direct quotes appropriately?
⎕ Did you use appropriate mathematical language and representation? (No computer notation *,^, etc)
⎕ Did you define key terms where necessary?
⎕ Did you use appropriate technology?
⎕ Did you think about the degree of accuracy? (For your topic, how many decimal places are relevant?)
⎕ Did you end with a conclusion and relate it back to your aim and rationale?
⎕ Do you have page numbers?

Use of mathematics
⎕ Did you explore unfamiliar math, or apply familiar math to a new situation?
⎕ Did you create mathematical models for real-world situations, if this applied to your topic?
⎕ Did you apply problem-solving techniques?
⎕ Did you look for and explain patterns, if this applied to your topic?
Reflection
⎕ Did you ask questions, make conjectures and investigate mathematical ideas?
⎕ Did you consider the historical and global perspectives of your topic?
⎕ Did you discuss the implications of your results? (What do they mean? Why are they important?…)
⎕ Did you consider the significance of your paper?
⎕ Did you look for possible limitations and/or extensions of your topic?
⎕ Did you make links between your topic and different fields and/or areas of mathematics?
Personal engagement
⎕ Did you ask and answer personal questions (“I wonder if…, What if…)?
⎕ Did you try to think independently and creatively?
⎕ Did you address why you think your topic is interesting or why it appealed to you?
⎕ Did you present mathematical ideas in your own way (as opposed to copy someone else’ theory)?
⎕ Did you try to add “your voice” to the work?
⎕ Did you relate the results to your own life?