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EDEXCEL EXTENDED
PROJECT QUALIFICATION
AT PARMITER’S SCHOOL
What is an EPQ?
• A large piece of work
• On a subject of the student’s choice
• Worth half an A’ Level
• Edexcel board
At Parmiter’s – usually around 30 Year 13 students
and last year 20 staff!
4 Types
Dissertation
Recommended - about 6000 words in all)
Abstract (about 200 words)
Introduction (about 800 words)
Research Review (about 1800 words)
Discussion (about 2700 words)
Conclusion (about 250 words)
Evaluation (about 250 words)
Bibliography
Investigation
e.g. scientific experiment or Field Study
Recommended about 5000 words in all
Abstract (about 100 words)
Introduction / context (about 600 words)
Research Review (about 1600 words)
Discussion / Analysis (about 2300 words)
Conclusion (about 200 words)
Evaluation (about 200 words)
Bibliography = List of References (no limit)
Artefact
e.g. vase, costume, model, book, website…etc.
Recommended about 1500 - 3000 words in all
Abstract (about 50 - 100 words)
Introduction (about 200 - 400 words)
Research Review (about 450 - 900 words)
Development (about 675 - 1350 words)
Conclusion (about 60 - 125 words)
Evaluation (about 60 - 125 words)
Bibliography = List of References (no limit)
Performance
Recommended about 3000 words in all
• Abstract (about 100 words)
• Introduction (about 400 words)
• Research Review (about 900 words)
• Development (about 1350 words)
• Conclusions (about 125 words)
• Evaluation (about 125 words)
• Bibliography = List of References
What does the student have to do?
Think of a title… First
Dissertation
Title = a question
on which the student has a view and on which there is plenty
of evidence both for and against to compare and weigh.
Should we re-nationalise the railways?
What is the greatest unsolved problem of maths?
Should smoking related diseases be covered by the NHS?
Field Study
An hypothesis
Garden ponds play a role in helping to maintain biodiversity in
a local area
(or does human intervention prevent this?)
An enquiry
Is summer school in the UK more beneficial to students than
summer school in Yugoslavia?
Performance
A commission
Edexcel example
'Make Dickens popular with a teenage audience'
A question
What are the performance techniques in early vocal music
seen through Handel’s Messiah?
Artefact
A question or a design brief
How does nature inspire Architecture?
Design a new visitor centre for the Hypercaust in St. Albans.
Write a novel for teenagers on mortality.
Then…
Prepare a Project Proposal Form
and meet with their Tutor Assessor & EPQ Administrator to get
it approved.
IMPORTANT
Students shouldn’t start any substantial work on researching
or writing their EPQ until their Project Proposal Form has been
signed off.
Project Proposal Form includes…
Objectives
What they want to do
What they want to find out
What skills they want to learn
Reasons
for choosing that project
Why the topic is important
Why the topic is important to them
Activities & timescales
Two Milestones
Set or agreed by Tutor- Assessor e.g.
Milestone 1 – between 6th- 10th October
Milestone 2 – between 3rd – 7th November
Meetings with Tutor Assessor to review progress at
the two agreed milestone points.
Then
Project Plan
Transfer their activities and timescales to a project plan (diary,
Edexcel sheet or Gantt Chart).
We recommend Gantt chart
Activity Log
Also
Keep an Activity Log recording their progress against the
project plan and their thinking about the project.
Create the Product
Produce their ‘product’ be it Dissertation, Investigation/ Field
Study, Artefact or Performance.
Write the structured Report
Performance or artefact reports will consist of:
•Introduction
•Research
•Development (what they did)
•Critical self-evaluation
Dissertations & investigations incorporate their main ‘product’
Exam Entry Deposit
e.g. 6th – 10th October
£40 deposit
Collected during lunchtime tutorial
on citation and referencing.
Draft Report
•To be handed in to Tutor-Assessor
by 17th November
•Followed by a meeting to discuss
Draft Report e.g. between 17th-
21st November
Final hand in
Monday 1st December
Marking by Tutor- Assessors
1st- 8th December
How is it marked?
There is a different marking grid for each type of project.
Each assesses how well four assessment objectives have
been met.
See marking grids
AO 1 Managed the Project
Evidence in the Project Proposal Form & Activity Log (with
project plan)
AO2 Used Resources
Secondary research and if appropriate their own primary
research (evidence in the Research Review section of the
Report and the Activity Log)
AO3 Developed and realised the
‘product’
Evidence in the product itself or photos of it and the
Discussion / Analysis or Development section of the Report.
AO4 Reviewed their own success
Evidence in the Evaluation section of the Report and the
Presentation.
Moderating by us in LRC
5th -18th December
Presentation
Students must make a ten minute presentation
telling their project story, reviewing their work and
being prepared to answer questions.
Presentations are around 9th, 10th & 11th December
just after marking.
Marking the Presentation Tutor assessor and one other witness assess it.
• Tutor Assessor - Oral Presentation Record Card • Is clearly and logically structured
• Is audible
• Visual aids & displayed items are relevant and helpful
• Is not cluttered with too much information
• Questions are answered calmly and confidently
• Good insight and subject knowledge is shown.
• Other witness - Observation Record Witness Statement • More evidence towards AO4 – Review
• Asking questions to draw it out.
Presentations immediately after school
over 2 evenings Students have a table in the Conference Centre on which to
display items relating to their project and their handouts.
Other EPQ students present at the same time.
The audience consists of tutor-assessors, other teachers,
students and parents(?) who walk round and look at the
displays, with students on hand to explain what the project is
about and answer questions.
Presentation Software
Students may use presentation
software (PowerPoint, Prezi etc.) with
a laptop on the stall and can hold
notes or prompt cards.
Overall time frame • Project Proposal Meeting as soon as possible and in any event by
the middle of September
• First Milestone Meeting 6th-10th October
• Exam Board also entry 6th-10th October – deposit £40
• Second Milestone 3rd – 7th November
• First draft of final report handed in 17th November
• Meeting to discuss first draft 17th-21st November
• Completed work handed in on Monday1st December
• 10 minute Presentations on 9th& 10th December.
• Work marked by Friday 12th December.
• Work moderated & Candidate Record Sheets completed by
Thursday 18th December
Submitting marks & sending papers
•Final submission of marks online,
photocopying & sending off sample
required by Moderators 5th – 7th
January.
•Moderators stipulate 10 examples of
each type of project they require but also
include the projects with highest and
lowest marks.
Support for Students – Uni Day
University of Herts. study day – was Friday 27th June
Support for Students - Tutor-Assessors
•Project Proposal meeting
•Two milestone meetings
•Draft final project meeting
Other support as / when required.
Mentoring Booklets We have created 4 Mentoring Booklets:
• One for each type of project
• One booklet for each student
(A checklist for Teacher Assessors to make sure
students are hitting the assessment objectives at
each stage of the project at the Project Proposal
meeting, Milestone 1meeting, Milestone 2 meeting
and Draft Report meeting)
See booklets
Support for Students Lunchtime Tutorials
Introduction -11th Sept
Set up email group, finalise outstanding Proposal Forms, give
out Mentoring Booklets, introduce sources of help (Tutor-
Assessor, us, the VLE)
and Project Planning – Gantt Chart, Activity Log
Doing Research – 18th Sept
The assessment objectives for ‘Research’ for the four kinds of
projects. Analysis & synthesis. Secondary research – primary
& secondary sources, recording and evaluating. Primary
Research, quantitative, qualitative, sampling, interviews,
questionnaires & focus groups.
Writing up Secondary Research 25th September
Citation & Referencing Harvard, Vancouver, MHRA. Writing
the Research Review - Chief Examiner’s & Moderator’s
preferences.
Writing up Primary Research 9th October
Artefact projects = Materials, processes, techniques and
design. Performance projects = material, skills and techniques.
Investigation projects = extra sections for Data Collection
Methods & Results & Analysis
Tutorials – cont.
Tutorials – cont.
Discussion /Development / Analysis – 16th October
Assessment Objectives for each of the four types of project.
• Dissertation = a well thought out argument, addressing
counter arguments, ideas for further work, wider implications.
• Artefact = development of ideas, alternatives considered,
well argued justification for decisions, carefully refined.
• Performance = alternative ideas and approaches, resources
& skills applied, thorough rehearsal.
• Investigation = interpretation answers the question, lines of
argument, data trends & patterns, models and theories.
Writing up the Report to achieve the Assessment
Objectives - 23rd October
What’s gets given in, word counts, which bits of work are
evidence toward which Assessment Objective
Self-evaluation, the Review and making the Presentation -
13th November
Assessment objectives for Review and the Presentation –
sections, timings, general tips.
Tutorials – cont.
Support for students – on VLE
• Full details of what is required, timescale and blank
forms.
• Opportunity to upload work to the VLE in stages to
make sure it is meeting the assessment objectives
(proof read by the administrator - me!)
• EPQ Skills course in development also on the VLE.
Questions…
Do email me with any questions about running
An Edexcel Level 3 or Level 2 project from the library
n.cheeseman@parmiters.herts.sch.uk
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