IB Geography SL Internal Assessment Example

The student poses a clear, geographically focused comparative question that is clearly grounded in tourism and sustainability concepts.

The student's use of multiple locational maps creates a strong spatial framework and makes the study areas easy to understand.

The student's chosen sites are specific and feasible for primary fieldwork, which gives the investigation a solid geographic basis.

Some hypothesis wording would be stronger if it identified more precise measurable indicators.

One assumption in the hypothesis language is subjective and should be replaced with a more neutral, evidence-based mechanism.

The student explains several methods clearly and shows why each one is relevant to the research question.

The student's techniques are used in a way that supports comparison between the two towns.

The student includes enough fieldwork variety to investigate both environmental and cultural sustainability.

Some procedures are still not fully replicable because the collection rules are not always precise enough.

A few methodological choices would be stronger if the student justified the scoring or weighting rules more explicitly.

The reliability of some data is limited by one-off samples and unequal collection conditions.