Extended essay
This section of the site covers Extended Essays in Economics and Economics World Studies. The pages cover the Extended Essay process and aim to help students and teachers through each stage, including choosing a topic, formulating a research question, carrying out research, and writing the essay.
This section of the site covers Extended Essays in Economics and Economics World Studies. The pages cover the Extended Essay process and aim to help students and teachers through each stage, including choosing a topic, formulating a research question, carrying out research, and writing the essay.
It is made up of the following sections:
How to write an excellent extended essay in Economics
This page sets out how to write an excellent extended essay in Economics. It includes the research question, introduction, research method, main body of the essay, conclusion and presenting the essay.
Economics World Studies Extended Essays
The page is a complete guide for students and teachers on writing Economics World Studies Extended Essays.
Working with the extended essay marking criteria
This page aims to go through the marking criteria of the Economics extended essay to show how students can write their essays to achieve the highest possible mark on each criterion.
Formal reflection sessions
Under the extended essay criteria, students must complete three reflection sessions, which must be recorded using the Reflections on Planning and Progress Form (RPPF). The aim of these sessions is for...
Student guide to the Extended Essay process in Economics and Economics World Studies
This page is an introductory guide for students writing an Extended Essay (EE) in Economics and Economics World Studies (EEWS). Sudent guide handout It should be used with the other Extended Essay pages...
The 5 year rule in economics
The current extended essay guide includes specific reference to the '5-year rule'. Included in pages 155 - 162 the five year rule states the following:'Topics should not be historical. They should relate...
Approaches to learning (ATL)
The new extended essay guide now includes all five ATL skills - thinking, communication, social, self management and research skills. Supervisors are expected to monitor the ATLs through the essay supervision...g checklist. Completing each of the following tasks maybe worth a significant...