Boundary
guidelines
Descriptor
Uses knowledge and skills in familiar classroom and real-world situations and, with
support, some unfamiliar real-world situations.
Produces high-quality, occasionally innovative work. Communicates extensive
understanding of concepts and contexts. Demonstrates critical and creative thinking,
frequently with sophistication. Uses knowledge and skills in familiar and unfamiliar
classroom and real- world situations, often with independence.
Produces high-quality, frequently innovative work. Communicates comprehensive,
nuanced understanding of concepts and contexts. Consistently demonstrates sophisticated
critical and creative thinking. Frequently transfers knowledge and skills with independence
and expertise in a variety of complex classroom and real-world situations.
IB boundary guidelines and grade descriptors for interdisciplinary learning
Boundary
guidelines
Overall Boundary
grade guidelines
6 18-20
7 21-24
Descriptor
Produces work of a very limited quality. Conveys many significant misunderstandings or
lacks understanding of most concepts and contexts. Very rarely demonstrates evidence of
critical or creative thinking to make connections between disciplines and reflect on
personal development. Very inflexible, rarely shows evidence of knowledge, skills or action
taken or to be taken.
Produces work of limited quality. Communicates limited understanding of some concepts
and contexts. Demonstrates limited evidence of critical and creative thinking to make
connections between disciplines and reflect on personal development. Limited evidence of
transfer of interdisciplinary knowledge and reflection on actions taken or to be taken.
Produces work of an acceptable quality. Communicates basic interdisciplinary
understanding of many concepts and contexts with occasional evidence of appropriate
exploration of real-world issues, ideas and challenges, with occasional significant
misunderstandings or gaps. Begins to demonstrate some basic critical and creative
thinking to make connections between disciplines, create new understandings and reflect
on personal development. Begins to transfer interdisciplinary knowledge and outlines
action taken or to be taken with little insight.
Produces good-quality work. Communicates basic interdisciplinary understanding of most
concepts and contexts through appropriate exploration of real-world issues, ideas and
challenges, with few misunderstandings and minor gaps. Often demonstrates critical and
creative thinking to make connections between disciplines, create new understandings and
reflect on personal development. Transfers some interdisciplinary knowledge and outlines
action taken or to be taken in familiar situations.
Produces generally high-quality work. Communicates good interdisciplinary understanding
of concepts and contexts through effective exploration of real- world issues, ideas and
challenges. Demonstrates critical and creative thinking to synthesize and create new
understandings and reflect on personal development, sometimes with sophistication.
Usually transfers interdisciplinary knowledge and explains action taken or to be taken in
unfamiliar situations.
Descriptor
Produces high-quality, occasionally insightful work. Communicates extensive
interdisciplinary understanding of concepts and contexts through effective exploration of
real-world issues, ideas and/or challenges. Demonstrates critical and creative thinking to
synthesize and create new understandings and reflect on personal development,
frequently with sophistication. Transfers interdisciplinary knowledge and explains action
taken or to be taken in unfamiliar situations.
Produces high-quality, frequently insightful work. Communicates comprehensive, nuanced
interdisciplinary understanding of concepts and contexts through effective exploration of
real-world issues, ideas and/or challenges. Consistently demonstrates sophisticated critical
and creative thinking to synthesize and create new understandings and reflect on personal
development. Frequently transfers interdisciplinary knowledge and discusses action taken
or to be taken in unfamiliar situations.
Descriptors of other assessment criteria
Apart from the MYP assessment criteria, our school also uses a few other criteria to evaluate student work across skills,
knowledge, and attributes. The description of those criteria follow.
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