Hello, Psychology guide requires students to know "Prevention and/or treatment for one health problem", does it mean, that knowledge about treatment is enough? They can't be asked to discuss about e.g. prevention only?
Treatment: Substance useDear Mandy Sounds about right. This blog post may help you, but till May, we are all "dancing in...
Summative: Research methodsDear Mandy No, we need to update this, as any of the 6 concepts may be listed, though I am sure the most relevant would be used. OK, done. Thank you.
Summative: Research methodsHi John and Laura, Am aiming to cover animal models under health and wellbeing (depression specifically), which study would you recommend using to aid discussion? Best, Ismat
Animal modelsIs it important for students to understand Beck's theory of depression also?
Cognitive models of depressionSorry, one other question, the first example has a suggested grade 5 (9/15, 60%) but the top one (13/15) doesn't have a grade. Do you have suggsestions about the minimum marks out of 15 for a 7? Does 12/15 (80%) sounds about right or too high? I was...
Summative: Research methodsDear John or Laura, I am going through IA drafts at the moment and am still a little bit unclear about what exactly is graded for the "Data collection tool" strand of the "Data Collection" section, even after going through the samples on here...
Sample questionnaire 1Hello John, My student asked whether she can record a video to set-up a scenario. She wants to test on empathy and she thinks it is more realistic to show a video instead of just describing a situation. She wants to gather some friends and act...
IA checklistHi there, I noticed that you say "Please note that a true Paper 2 would give students the choice of bias, causality, measurement, and responsibility", does this mean the IB have said that they will not write questions including perspective or change?...
Summative: Research methods
Ulrike
Dear Laura, Thank you very much. The student is proposing a picture book naming task, inspired by the EVT-3 format. Verbal responses would be directly elicited, under standardised conditions. The task consists of 20 images,...
Scaffolding the IA