IB Social and Cultural Anthropology SL Internal Assessment Example

The student's report is clearly organized and easy to follow.

The student gives precise details about when, where, and how long the observation took place.

The student establishes the physical and social setting well enough for the reader to understand the scene.

The contextual discussion is present but still limited.

At a few points, the student moves from observation into interpretation too quickly.

The student could explain more about why the setting itself matters for the behaviour they recorded.

The student clearly identifies and describes a second method and explains how it works.

The student connects the questionnaire directly to the original observation and to the idea of social relations.

The student justifies the method well by explaining why it suits a busy, noisy cafeteria environment and how it adds student perspectives that observation alone cannot provide.

The student's justification would be stronger if they more explicitly considered the limits of questionnaires, such as shallow answers or the lack of follow-up.

The discussion of sample size and representativeness could be made more explicit.

The student's theoretical links are promising, but they need a slightly more careful explanation rather than being introduced after the data description.