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The best TOK lessons use real-world materials and recent examples. And in Nobel season, what better way to celebrate than by showing students how relevant TOK is in the Nobel Prize world? I hope this...
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So looking at the basic structure, you are suggesting that if the way you answer the PT using AOK 1 is different from the way you answer the PT using AOK 2, this would account for a different perspective/view point? I have worried about this...
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Thanks for this Anna. I shall check this.
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Hi, I think we are missing the teacher script for after the Stroop test: "teacher will ask you questions after the slide show". Are these questions available? That would be great! Thanks, Anna
Gezellig, hygge, and the Stroop test
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Site authorHi Aaron, Thanks very much for your comment and engagement. It may be the case that the interpretation of key terms in the question is somewhat different between the two aoks thus generating different points of view but this need not be the...
The structure of the ToK essay