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Research questions - IA and EE
What is the difference between an extended essay research question and an IA research question (RQ)? Of course, the first difference is that the IA proposal does not have to have an RQ. An aim is sufficient....
Reflecting on P2B
In the second year of giving students practice Papers 2, Section B, I see they repeatedly make mistakes evaluating a study. These mistakes reflect more a misunderstanding of the goals of the assessment...
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Hi John. I teach SL in one year. Since so much of this content is covered in Human Relationships and Health and well-being, could I theoretically do just Activity 2 (applying the concepts to the studies), introduce etic and emic approaches,...
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Potentially. But they need to be careful not to become overly hypothetical. They need to work with what they have in the text. General statements about how research can be improved without a direct link to the text would not be credited....
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Hello John and Laura! I just want to be sure I'm guiding my students correctly. In terms of "critical analysis" of the study, can they discuss ways the study could have been modified in order to strengthen it?
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Thank you so much John, very enlightening.
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