Thank you.
Practical: ObservationThank you so much, John. I hope this year is treating you well and is kinder and saner than last year. Although I do get anxious as we get closer to the finals!
Writing the introductionDear Laura,This is such a relief! Thank you so much for your quick response, I truly appreciate it. Best,Sara
IA proposal formDear Nuzhah Two students may not do the same topic. This is in the guide. However, one of them could do the same topic as the practicals. However, the experiment must be different from the one you did in class.
Internal assessmentDear Jordan I would wonder research would be used to address this question. Did the student find two studies? Personally, I think that this is overly complicated for the IA and would recommend that the student do something that is...
Internal assessmentDear Steve No problem. No consent form is required. It is not penalized if included. Yes, the questionnaires (or any other data collection tool) must be written out with clear instructions in the appendices. And they do not need...
Data CollectionDear Brooke, It sounds like a correlational study to me. This is not one of the methods that may be used for the IA. Why not simply look at relationship satisfaction in people who meet their partner online? The comparison is...
Choice of research topicDear Olivia, Very strange. I checked the original paper, and there are inconsistencies in how the researchers report their procedure. The abstract states that the therapy sessions lasted 45 minutes, whereas the procedure section states...
Davoodvandi (2018)Dear Marga The IB has taken the term "lab experiment" out of the guide. Students should not use this term, as it is problematic. In the old guide, students often confused lab and field experiments, thinking that lab experiments had to...
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Hi John & Laura, Question re real world problem. A few of my students are interested at looking at problems on societal level. For example: waste due to consumerism, climate change and associated behaviors/decision making, increases political...
Choice of research topic