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Extended Essay Textbook
Here is an official EE textbook. Great advice and definitely worth a deep dive.
Never include an abstract. Once upon a time, abstracts were part of the EE. But the new curriculum got rid of an abstract requirement. If you find an old EE on the internet and it has an abstract, know that it came from a previous curriculum.
Do NOT use the word "Bibliography" We are an MLA school and we use the term "Works Cited".
You will be emailed a template to use. It will be shared with you, your Core teacher and your Supervisor. This is the only working document you can have. If you do not use the template you are emailed, your supervisor will NOT be able to authenticate your work.
Word Count Clarification ✍️
These are the grade boundaries:
A - 27 to 34
B - 21 to 26
C - 14 to 20
D - 7 to 13
E - 0 to 6
These are the current grade boundaries as of July 2023
2023 Statistical Bulletin Results
English A (Literature) 📖✍️
This video describes the Line of Inquiry that you will write for your HL Essay. The way to make the Line of Inquiry is exactly what you need for an Extended Essay Research Question (RQ) Keep in mind that your HL English A Essay will be 1500 words and your EE needs to be 4000 words. Your RQ needs to reflect more writing than what it will for the HL Essay. You must also include additional research like primary sources (authors website), existing literary criticism or maybe some reviews.
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Environmental Systems and Societies (ESS Group 4) 🍃🌊🔥
Your DP1 Biology teachers will explain what ESS is and what that EE might look like. If you have experience in any Group 4 science and understand how a lab is set up and data is collected and analyzed in the sciences, you can be successful in ESS. The above video will help you with crafting a good RQ in ESS, but you will need help from an ESS teacher about appropriate ESS topics. The video is specifically for the ESS IA....BUT the information is the same for EE, as long as you allow for more research and word count. The process is the same.
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Economics EE - Tips from an IB DP Econ Examiner
History EE
How do we make our essay less narrative? And more analytical?
The key to overcome this issue is in the phrasing of your question and selection of your topic. You need to investigate a topic that has differing perspectives. Furthermore, the aim of the investigation is not to retell a story, but to formulate your own argument, such as through evaluation of the factors, assessment of the causes or analysis of the impacts
Research 📚📑
Research Question
Writing Advice
Academic writing refers to a style of expression that researchers use to define the intellectual boundaries of their disciplines and specific areas of expertise. Characteristics of academic writing include a formal tone, use of the third-person rather than first-person perspective (usually), a clear focus on the research problem under investigation, and precise word choice. Like specialist languages adopted in other professions, such as, law or medicine, academic writing is designed to convey agreed meaning about complex ideas or concepts for a group of scholarly experts.
Hartley, James. Academic Writing and Publishing: A Practical Guide. New York: Routledge, 2008.
Assessment Criteria Advice
The Most Common EE Mistake
👇 Video by an IB teacher and EE Examiner 👇