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Individual school approach
The responsibilities of the School, the Supervisor and the Student together with any other agencies are obviously inter-related. Equally, different schools have different set-ups, constraints, timetables...
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Student
It is your job as a supervisor to make sure that all the students you are responsible for have a clear idea about the all the requirements and the whole process of researching and writing an Extended...
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Supervisor
By accepting the role of supervisor you also accept the responsibilities that go with it. Some of these are obligatory and some are strongly recommended. A good supervisor will see them all as important...
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School
Schools have the overall responsibility for ensuring that all Diploma students submit an Extended Essay in an approved IB subject and that they fulfil all the necessary requirements. The responsibilities...
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Responsibilities
Diploma students need to submit their Extended Essay so that the external examiner receives it by March 15th. (May session) or September 15th. (November session) in the student’s second year. The whole...
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What is an Extended Essay
Put simply an Extended Essay is a 40 hour in-depth study of a focused topic in an IB subject chosen by the student written with a limit of 4000 words. The student does not have to be actually studying...
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Objectives
In terms of assessment, the objectives are more important than the aims because each one of the objectives is assessed in one or more of the Assessment Criteria. The objectives are set out clearly in...
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Aims
There are three separate aims that are listed in the IB Extended Essay guide. Essentially an Extended Essay provides the student with the opportunity to: These are the 'official' aims. However I believe...
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Overview
An extended essay in chemistry should be one of the most challenging and rewarding tasks experienced by an IB Chemistry Diploma student. Although the work is ultimately that of the student’s there are...
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The big update has now come! Free
The IB has now published the new 2023 Guide on the resources section of My IB so the site has now been updated as described below. Next month, all being well, the new 2023 IBDP Chemistry Guide will be...