Hi John, As always thank you so much for all that you do. These exemplars are very helpful as I begin the new redesign. I do have a question though. I'm looking at my students responses to this (I teach SL in one year and I just used your summative...
Summative: Research methodsHi all! I’m new to teaching the new curriculum, so I just wanted to check something. From what I’m reading here, it seems that we don’t necessarily need to teach all four contexts. Is that correct? And if so, how does that work? In the...
Setting up your courseDear Laura, Thank you for the help, it really means a lot. I have another student with another question. This student wants to investigate note-taking on the computer vs by hand but wants to know if they have to write the lecture completely...
Data collection tool: IA experimentDear John/Laura, Apologies if I'm missing the obvious, but can I ask if there will later be a specific page or pages of material in 'Health Problems' dedicated to 'Social Media Addiction'? I can't see this page now and you list the...
Health problemsHi John,Can a student's IA focus on correlation between two variables via the questionnaire method? For example, they want to see if the results from Questionnaire A are correlated with the results of Questionnaire B? So it is...
Internal assessmentHappy September to both and thank you fo al you do :) Small typo under Question 2: Explain the concept of bias in relation to the experiment (observation) in your class practical.
P2A ObservationsDear John, I'm jumping in here as one of my students is also doing his IA on anchoring bias. Do I understand correctly that he will have to design a post-experiment survey to have a data collection tool that satisfies the IB criteria? Does the...
Sample experiment 1Hello, I found this paragraph a bit confusing " This therapy helps people identify their negative thinking patterns and then challenge them through a process called validity testing. If someone thinks “I always mess everything up,” the therapist...
P1C Perspective & MDDDear John, I would really appreciate your thought and guidance on the following question.To What Extent is Passive Social Media Use Associated With Low Self Esteem Among Adolescents?Is self-esteem an appropriate...
Supervising Extended Essay
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Dear John, Could you please clarify, so if our topic is "Making healthy eating choices", but for the survey we decided on "the effect of stress on healthy eating choices", can students still simply state for question 4, that the topic is "Making...
Surveys: Designing alternatives