John, I had my students take the "energy drink" P2, Sec B as a practice assessment and just wanted to share the page with them so that they could see the two sample responses. I can just as easily copy the text of the responses into a Google...
Summative: Research methodsDear Emily In the first case (wrong method + two characteristics of the wrong method), the student would get zero. In the second case (wrong method + two characteristics of correct method) they would get 2 marks.
Practicing Paper 3Dear Santiago, They should not use a mixed-methods approach. This is not allowed for the IA. I would focus only on the questionnaire, but then discuss how the addition of an observation would improve the study in the discussion at...
Deciding methodologyDear Monica, Under the title of the page, you will see a series of icons (a star, a page, a monitor...). The monitor is what you are looking for. That is the presentation tool.
BiasOops. Sorry, Sarah. I misread that. The question on enculturation can be asked. I teach it under sociocultural (with acculturation), so I didn't make the connection. Yes, that one question is linked to development.
Human developmentHi John, Old syllabus question: If a student, in q.1a misidentifies the research method but gives two correct characteristics of the method they've misidentified is it still 0? E.g. instead of a natural experiment they identify experiment...
Practicing Paper 3Dear Kalyani And, no, students do not have to write a general evaluation of studies.
Sociocultural factors: Peers and playDear Rachel There would be no penalty for a TWE question, except indirectly, maybe, as the student would probably find that their background research showed an effect on the population of interest as, after all this is supposed to be an investigation...
Choice of research topicDear Jodn and Laura, I have a student who wants to study students' awareness of how much their cell phones distract them. They are proposing the use of a questionnaire, but they are also considering including an observation component where...
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Yes - what you say makes complete sense, and I have taught all the LOs, but as this document has been given out at an official workshop, I hope there will be some clarification from that side also. I've asked the workshop leader and hope to hear from...
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