DP essentials
Criterion D
Criterion D assesses your discussion and how you have evaluated your essay. This page looks at what is required to achieve the highest mark of 8 for this criterion and also includes some common errors...
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Criterion B
Criterion B focuses on how well you demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of chemistry through the use of terminology and concepts. This page details what is required to gain maximum marks and...
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Assessment
This section looks at how the different grade boundaries of Excellent, Good, Satisfactory, Mediocre and Elementary are determined. Then it looks in detail at all the five Assessment Criteria individually...
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Check list
Although your supervisor can comment on the final draft of your Extended Essay, they cannot make corrections. This checklist helps to ensure that your EE fully addresses all the requirements of the assessment...
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Reflections on progress
You should record and reflect on the whole of your research process in your Researchers Reflection space. This page details exactly what is required for the reflection process including the three mandatory...
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Interdisciplinary Extended Essays
Much of the material on the extended essay pages on this site tends to focus on extended essays just in chemistry as probably many students will follow the single subject route. However, even though the...
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Choosing the subject
This section gives you information and advice on how to choose the subject for your Extended Essay and then how to go about selecting a particular area of interest within that subject to focus your research...
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Preparation
This first section on ‘Preparation” aims to give you all the information you need about what is involved in writing your Extended Essay. It explains exactly what an IB Extended Essay is, the aims and...
DP Core
Summary of advice
This page gives ten key points to summarise important advice that supervisors can give to their students to help them to achieve to the best of their ability. Provided your students engage in the process...
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Criterion E
Criterion E focuses on how the student evaluates the effect their Extended Essay learning experience has on them as a learner. This page details what is required to gain maximum marks for this criterion....