Dear John and Laura, I've just returned to work following maternity leave so am just getting my head around the new syllabus, in particular question 1C. The learning objectives in the 'thinking and learning' unit of this Context...
Learning and cognitionDear Denis, Thank you. A good start to the year - and next week we travel with students for a week. It is hard to believe it is already the fourth week of classes for us! I hope you have also had a good start to the year. I asked...
Evaluating researchHello John - hopw you’re well How much emphasis should be placed on the six concepts in the new EE? I figure that a student unavoidably talks about them in the discussion and evaluations of single studies anyways… except responsibility.
Evaluating researchDear Bhawna According to the instructions for the IA Discussion (p56 of the IB psychology guide), yes, it should be an additional method, as the whole point is one of methodological triangulation to improve understanding. Students...
IA checklistDear Amy, They should be about the problem. And no, it is not a problem that the students use research that investigates exactly what they are researching. It is only important that the study they design is not a replica of the study and...
Internal Assessment (teacher)Yes, I would definitely encourage her to use a target population like students with learning difficulties. Otherwise, the problem would seem pretty superficial.
Choice of research topicYes. Please go to Student Access Pages > Review/Revision > Review/Revision guides
Attraction: Chemical messengersDear Renata, If the data collection tool is a set of questions that test for understanding, or if there is a set of predefined terms or ideas that are looked for in a summary to determine how well it was understood, then generating the text...
Sample experiment 1Yes, totally fine to have the same population of interest with different questions. As for vaping, I wouldn't steer them away from it. As it is not experimental, it sounds totally acceptable. No apologies necessary. I am happy...
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Dear John,I hope you had a restful summer. It must have been quite a tough and demanding year. Thank you again for everything you do for us, it is genuinely appreciated I have a quick question regarding the confirmed command terms. I...
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