• Guiding Student Work
• Project Registration, Grading
• Framing the IQP
• Giving Feedback to Students
• Teamwork Tips & Tools
• Research Methods
• Writing Guidelines and Aids
• Materials Specifically for Off-Campus IQPs
• IQP Handbook
• Workshops
• IQP Assessments
• Related Sites
  • Research at Gordon Library
  • Interdisciplinary & Global Studies Division
  • Projects Program
  • Center for Communication Across the Curriculum

Guiding Student Work

Quick and "Easy" Tips to Improve IQP Advising Outcomes:

IGSD's TOP 9 TIPS for ON-CAMPUS IQP ADVISORS

IQP syllabi for faculty to adapt and use

• The following IQP Learning Outcomes were approved by the WPI Faculty in 2004. Students who complete an IQP will: 
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the project's technical, social and humanistic context.
  • Define clear, achievable goals and objectives for the project.
  • Critically identify, utilize, and properly cite information sources, and integrate information from multiple sources to identify appropriate approaches to addressing the project goals.
  • Select and implement a sound methodology for solving an interdisciplinary problem.
  • Analyze and synthesize results from social, ethical, humanistic, technical or other perspectives, as appropriate.
  • Maintain effective working relationships within the project team and with the project advisor(s), recognizing and resolving problems that may arise.
  • Demonstrate the ability to write clearly, critically and persuasively.
  • Demonstrate strong oral communication skills, using appropriate, effective visual aids.
  • Demonstrate an awareness of the ethical dimensions of their project work.
• PQP Syllabus (Word Document) , (PDF)
• Syllabus for first Term of an On-Campus IQP-Vaz, (Word Document), (PDF)
• Universal IQP Syllabus -Rissmiller, (Word Document ), (PDF)

Weekly Meetings

Part of the skill set that students should acquire during the process of doing an IQP is the ability to run a meeting successfully. This includes setting agendas for the PQP and other meetings:

• Sample Agenda (Word Document ), (PDF)
• Guidelines for Agenda (Word Document), (PDF)
• Running Project meetings (Word Document), (PDF)
• Project Proposal Team Logbook  (Word Document), (PDF) -for a PQP that holds meeting agendas, meeting minutes, drafts of chapters, and other important PQP/IQP related documents in a single repository. 
• PQP Project Documentation Guidance (Word Document), (PDF) -An example document describing project meetings, PQP logbooks, and email etiquette. 

Additional templates for guidelines that faculty have distributed to students are:

• Faculty Project Guidelines
• Gennert's Project Guidelines.
• A summary of lessons learned (Word Documents), (PDF)       

 

 

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