Investigatory Project
Assessment: Final exam's internals. This is a year-long activity mandated by the CBSE. Viva will be held.
Objectives
For the student to research, understand, debate and substantiate their ideas about a particular Social Issue or a lesson-related topic.
To inculcate a journalistic or holistic reporter approach to a particular subject.
To improve a student's core English communicative and practical skills
Timeline
Topic Submission: Submit the topic of your research project no later than 7/7/2023 to the teacher. Eg: Gender discrimination in Work environment (like women and men in the same field and strata), Population of India, Marginalization, Poverty Line, Uniform Civil Code, Corruption Charges, Treason Charges, Property Ownership Issues, Property Destruction Issues, Accidents, Starbucks, T&C Issues - McAfee Virus Protection Pledge, Adobe Suite of Products being pirated by people, Netflix Password Sharing Issues etc
Research: This part will span throughout the entire duration of the activity, gathering ideas, presenting newspaper clippings, views etc.
Interview/Questionnaire: You are supposed to hold an interview or hand out a questionnaire to at least 5 people to gather their opinions on topics. The max no of responses allowed is 9. Before you perform this, you have to hand over a draft list of questions to the teacher on or before 11/10/2023 by 8:00 PM to get her approval to proceed with your work.
"Be sensible about sensitive issues." ~ Ms. Carmel Jeru Joachim (or Carmel Mani)
Do not be direct with questions that ask a person about their personal details or violate their privacy. Try to be as gentle as possible. E.g. Financial - How much do you earn per month? (Instead of asking them to fill in the exact salary, give them a scale on which they can select their income range.)
The interview can be held in any language, but it must be transcribed to English before attaching it as a part of the report. Record your interviews for evidence, if possible.
Your aim will be to substantiate your claims in the essay with this exercise; along with research evidence.
Report - Consolidate a report of your findings in a single page. It can be printed out and use pie charts or bar graphs from the results of the survey. You’re supposed to take relevant data (effectively filtering out the personally identifiable data such as name etc and some basic data), type or write it out in one full side/page (both the minimum and maximum no of pages you’re allowed to use - i.e your report should cover one full side completely). Add pie charts and bar graphs from your survey results in the report.
Remember, only the survey data that you declare/infer here are the ones that you can use in your essay.
Essay: Based on your research and inferences in the report, you are supposed to write an essay for 500 words (i.e 4 sides/pages). It should be handwritten and submitted to the teacher for review when necessitated. It should be written in blue ink completely and you decorate the borders. It is the culmination of your research and inferences of the questionnaire that you have portrayed in the report.
Essay, Interview/Questionnaire Results & Report submission - On 30/11/2023 - Ma’am will make the necessary corrections and give it back to you in 3-4 days’ time.
Portfolio - After your content has been approved by the teacher, softly bound your findings into a neat portfolio, with a blue spine/soft bound. Submit it by 10/1/2024. It should/can contain (not necessarily in this you order)
Title/Cover Page: Can be printed or hand-written. Should contain a picture related to your findings.
Research: Attach physical evidence of your research, like newspaper clippings, ads etc…
Essay: Attach the version of the essay that contains the teacher's sign.
Questionnaire Results or Interview Transcripts:
Include the original questionnaire or interview questions at first.
If your interview is a physical or digital interview, try your best to record the interview and write the exact transcript on paper or in a digital format. It is not necessary to include a full transcript, so redact personal information as and when required. You can include custom questions, but only if the teacher has approved them previously.
If your questionnaire is a physical handout, then attach the physical handouts as part of the portfolio.
If your questionnaire is digital, attach the responses separately or attach a combined report.
Bibliography: Cite your sources.
Viva and Practicals - This will be conducted in the month of January 2024. Presentation of your content (5 minutes) + Viva (5 minutes) = 10 minutes of final exam
This activity will contribute 5 marks to 10 marks to your final exam's internals.
A sample portfolio has been attached below.
Guide (in Voice)
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