Milestone 3 - Writing plan, Research v1
TARGET DATES TO UPLOAD BY:
ASPIRE EPQ : 5TH JULY 2023
STANDARD EPQ: 10TH SEPTEMBER 2023
This is third assessment of your progress.
It is where you should upload your plan and research so far
Ensure your name and candidate number is in your filename and that your documents are either a Word compatible document or a PDF. Pages documents are not acceptable.
Dissertation
- Your plan for your dissertation - major sections/subheadings
- Your Research Table so far
(The PPF should ONLY
have the first few items you looked at for research into the viability of your
title and no more, these should also appear in your Research Table).
The entries should show what you have looked at and each of them should be
evaluated. It should contain ALL the sources you have look at and
then selected from. TOP TIP - fill it in as you go along. You are
aiming for a minimum of 20 sources actually used for a dissertation (good
dissertations may well have significantly more than this). I would
expect more than the number you use to appear in your Research Table as you
should show that you have selected what you use from what you found. You
are not expected to have necessarily completed all of your research.
Artefact
Your plan for the background
essay you will write - major sections/subheadings
- A Research Record Table, for the sources you will use to write the essay.
(The PPF should ONLY
have the first few items you looked at for research into the viability of your
title and no more, these should also appear in your Research Table). For
an artefact the number of entries may well be quite small. The
entries should show what you have looked at and each of them should be
evaluated. It should contain ALL the sources you have look at and
then selected from. TOP TIP - fill it in as you go along.
The practical research done so far - as appropriate for the artefact you are
creating - for example
- Pictures of sketches. Put the pictures into a document and save that as a PDF before uploading.
- Storyboards
- Initial script ideas
- Running orders for films/documentaries
- Screenshots. Put them into a document and save that as a PDF before uploading.
- Pictures from a sketchbook
- Preliminary MP3 or MP4 excerpts
- First ideas for a magazine
and so on.
Investigation
- Your plan for your investigation including the section where you write about the background to your research - major sections/subheadings
- Your Research Table so far
(The PPF should ONLY
have the first few items you looked at for research into the viability of your
title and no more, these should also appear in your Research Table).
The entries should show what you have looked at and each of them should be
evaluated. It should contain ALL the sources you have look at and
then selected from. TOP TIP - fill it in as you go along. You are
aiming for a minimum of 20 sources actually used for an investigation. I would expect more than the number you use
to appear in your Research Table as you should show that you have selected what
you use from what you found. You are not expected to have necessarily
completed all of your research.
- Any part of the practical research you have been working on so far e.g. creating a questionnaire