Evaluation

After finishing my Extended Project Qualification, I completed an evaluation, (linked below), including both strengths and weaknesses of things that I did well and would change in different categories.

Evaluation

By completing this project, I believe that my main strength is that I gained more confidence and independent learning skills, by having to organise meetings with my mentor and working individually, with my main weakness being a lack of time keeping and organisational skills.

Presentation Evaluation

On 2nd May, I presented my EPQ findings to a group of governors, teachers and the other students that had also completed the Extended Project Qualification.

I used a PowerPoint presentation, (linked below), to use as a guide in order to prompt what I was going to say, instead of just reading straight off of the board.

PowerPoint Presentation

Prior to my presentation, I was quite nervous about standing in front of people and talking about what I had learnt on my project, however I found that by the time I asked for questions, I was a bit more confident as I was able to answer them with my opinions and take into consideration the points that they were making.

By choosing a topic that I was already somewhat familiar with, and was able to get more familiar with over the course of my EPQ, this made me more confident as it allowed me to have the knowledge to answer questions that were asked to me through using facts found and opinions that I had developed through my qualification.

During my presentation, the group I presented to completed feedback forms on my presentation, such as things that went well and things I could improve. I have included some of these feedback forms below, however my main comments were that I presented my information clearly and had knowledge on my topic, but could have been more confident.

('detailed, sophisticated ideas, use of appropriate knowledge', 'With time and practice, Katie could improve her speaking skills')

('thought provoking, really interesting and challenging, copies of the dissertation to read would be good')

('shows clear passion about the course')

May Reflection

In the final month, I have:
- Presented my EPQ to a group of people
- Finished my evaluation successfully

I believe that, after leaving the weekly timeline and creating a revised, monthly timeline, this helped me to follow a more lenient structure in order to finish the tasks I had set myself without getting disheartened or feeling pressure if I missed a week due to coursework or revision set in my other subjects.

Source Evaluation

Throughout the course of my EPQ, I kept an evaluation of each source that I looked at and used within my dissertation, focusing on what I had learnt from it, along with the reliability of the source and what I planned to do with it. (This is linked below).

Source Evaluation

By completing this as I went along in a table, this allowed me to follow a clear structure for each source, allowing me to quickly evaluate each source and keep on track.