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Understanding the Essay Assessment Instrument

ToK assessment uses a technique called global impression marking or GIM. This may seem a little mysterious to a teacher who has been brought up on traditional analytic marking techniques. This page introduces GIM and then makes sense of the cryptic terms in the essay assessment instrument. It's all about links... ToK assessment uses a unique assessment method in the IB Diploma called Global Impression Marking. This...

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