Individual Research Report, Revisited

AP Seminar Performance Task 1: Team Project and Presentation

Individual Research Report (IRR) -> 1,200 words

As a team:

Collaborate to identify an academic or real-world problem or issue (e.g., local, national, global, academic/theoretical/philosophical).
Develop a team research question that can be viewed from multiple perspectives.
Conduct preliminary research to identify possible approaches, perspectives, or lenses.
Divide responsibilities among group members for individual research that will address the
team’s research question.

Individual Research Report (1,200 words)

Work with your team to decide and clarify your individual approach to the team question.
Throughout your research and as a team, continually revisit and refine your original team research question to ensure that the evidence you gather addresses your collective purpose and focus.

On your own:

Investigate your assigned approach, range of perspectives or lens on the problem or issue of your team research question.
Identify a variety of sources that relate to your particular approach to the team research question.
Analyze the credibility of the sources and relevance of the evidence to your area of inquiry.
Synthesize the perspectives you have gathered and chose which ones would be most valuable to share with your team in your individual report.
Consult with your peers to get feedback and refine your approach throughout.
Ensure that the report that you submit is entirely your own work.

Required Checkpoints

Checkpoint Icon While you are working on your individual research, you will be required to submit evidence of the original sources that you have found and read to your teacher. Your teacher will arrange a time for you to discuss your research and sources with them. For that discussion you should be prepared to talk about your sources, and the perspectives and ideas you have found in your research.

Present your findings and analysis to your group in a well-researched and well-written report in which you:

Identify an area of investigation and explain its relationship to the overall problem or issue.
Summarize, explain, analyze and evaluate the main ideas and reasoning in the chosen sources.
Demonstrate you have evaluated the credibility of your chosen sources and selected evidence relevant to the inquiry.
Identify, compare and interpret a range of perspectives about the problem or issue.
Cite all sources that you have used, and include a list of works cited or a bibliography.
Use correct grammar and a style appropriate to an academic audience.
- Abide by the 1,200-word limit (excluding footnoted citations, bibliography, and text in figures or tables). Word count does include titles, sub-headings, and in-text citations.

In all written work, you must:
Acknowledge, attribute, and/or cite sources using in-text citations, endnotes, or footnotes, and/or through bibliographic entry. You must avoid plagiarizing (see the attached AP Capstone Policy on Plagiarism and Falsification and Fabrication of Information).

Adhere to established conventions of grammar, usage, style, and mechanics.

You Should Know Icon

The IRR is a report evaluating existing research. You can present solutions stakeholders have suggested. You can discuss limitations found in possible solutions. You do not have to make an argument in the IRR, instead you should evaluate and analyze what others have said and present your findings.

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