EXTENDED ESSAY

INTERPRETING THE ASSESSMENT CRITERIONS

Manish KumarGMIS, JAKARTA

IBDP HEXAGON

SUBJECTS

Environmental System and Societies Biology Economics Business and Management Geography

ASSESSMENT CRITERIONSESSESS BiologyBiology GeographyGeography Business and Business and

ManagementManagementEconomics Economics

A: research A: research questionquestion

A: research A: research questionquestion

A: research A: research questionquestion

A: research A: research questionquestion

A: research A: research questionquestion

B: introductionB: introduction B: introductionB: introduction B: introductionB: introduction B: introductionB: introduction B: introductionB: introduction

C: investigationC: investigation C: investigationC: investigation C: investigationC: investigation C: investigationC: investigation C: investigationC: investigation

D: knowledge and D: knowledge and understanding understanding of the topic of the topic studiedstudied

D: knowledge and D: knowledge and understanding understanding of the topic of the topic studiedstudied

D: knowledge and D: knowledge and understanding understanding of the topic of the topic studiedstudied

D: knowledge and D: knowledge and understanding understanding of the topic of the topic studiedstudied

D: knowledge and D: knowledge and understanding understanding of the topic of the topic studiedstudied

E: reasoned E: reasoned argumentargument

E: reasoned E: reasoned argumentargument

E: reasoned E: reasoned argumentargument

E: reasoned E: reasoned argumentargument

E: reasoned E: reasoned argumentargument

F: application of F: application of analytical and analytical and evaluative evaluative skills skills appropriate to appropriate to the subjectthe subject

F: application of F: application of analytical and analytical and evaluative evaluative skills skills appropriate to appropriate to the subjectthe subject

F: application of F: application of analytical and analytical and evaluative evaluative skills skills appropriate to appropriate to the subjectthe subject

F: application of F: application of analytical and analytical and evaluative evaluative skills skills appropriate to appropriate to the subjectthe subject

F: application of F: application of analytical and analytical and evaluative evaluative skills skills appropriate to appropriate to the subjectthe subject

G: use of language G: use of language appropriate to appropriate to the subjectthe subject

G: use of language G: use of language appropriate to appropriate to the subjectthe subject

G: use of language G: use of language appropriate to appropriate to the subjectthe subject

G: use of language G: use of language appropriate to appropriate to the subjectthe subject

G: use of language G: use of language appropriate to appropriate to the subjectthe subject

H: conclusionH: conclusion H: conclusionH: conclusion H: conclusionH: conclusion H: conclusionH: conclusion H: conclusionH: conclusion

I: formal I: formal presentationpresentation

I: formal I: formal presentationpresentation

I: formal I: formal presentationpresentation

I: formal I: formal presentationpresentation

I: formal I: formal presentationpresentation

J: abstractJ: abstract J: abstractJ: abstract J: abstractJ: abstract J: abstractJ: abstract J: abstractJ: abstract

K: holistic K: holistic judgmentjudgment

K: holistic K: holistic judgmentjudgment

K: holistic K: holistic judgmentjudgment

K: holistic K: holistic judgmentjudgment

K: holistic K: holistic judgmentjudgment

RESEARCH QUESTION

A research question is a formal statement of the goal of a study.

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RESEARCH QUESTION

Although the aim of the essay can best be defined in the form of a question.

it may also be presented as a statement or proposition for discussion.

It must be appropriate to the subject in which the essay is submitted.

Even if the research question is built into the title itself in the form of a question, it must also be clearly stated in Introduction of the essay and in the abstract.

RESEARCH QUESTION

SOME GOOD AND BAD EXAMPLES

Bad Good

What causes HIV+?The ecology of snails in the UI Depok campus.

Does Jakrta have a central business district?

How has migration affected land use patterns in Punchak Area?

Disparities and similarities between migrants and native in Indonesia,

Disparities between native and immigrants in MINARA Housing complex.

The problems of growth of the cities.

How unplanned development of human interferences can cause for ecological imbalances in Maura Angke area of Jakarta?

ABSTRACT

The abstract is judged on the clarity with which it presents an overview of the research and the essay, not on the quality of the research question itself, nor on the quality of the argument or the conclusions.

PARTS OF AN ABSTRACT Motivation:

Why do we care about the problem and the results? If the problem isn't obviously "interesting" it might be better to put motivation first; but if your work is incremental progress on a problem that is widely recognized as important, then it is probably better to put the problem statement first.

Problem statement:What problem are you trying to solve? What

is the scope of your work (a generalized approach, or for a specific situation)? Be careful not to use too much jargon.

PARTS OF AN ABSTRACT

Approach: How did you go about solving or

making progress on the problem? Did you use simulation, analytic

models, prototype construction, or analysis of field data for an actual product?

What was the extent of your work? What important variables did you

control, ignore, or measure?

PARTS OF AN ABSTRACT

Results:What's the answer? Put the result there, in numbers.

Conclusions:What are the implications of your answer?

Are your results general, potentially generalizable, or specific to a particular case?

METHOD (INVESTIGATION)

Where the study involves experimentation or practical fieldwork-

- - A detailed description of the procedures used, possibly with diagrams or photographs, should be given, such that an independent worker could effectively repeat the study.

-- Careful attention should be given to the design of experiments to include use of, for example, quantification, controls, replication and random sampling, where appropriate.

---The selection of techniques should be explained and justified, and any assumptions upon which they depend should be clearly stated.

INVESTIGATION If the study is based on the research of

secondary data, students need to ensure that the selection of sources is sufficiently wide and reliable.

INVESTIGATION

GO

ON.

DO IT

NOW!

BIBLIOGRAPHY http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman/essays/abstract.html/

Philip Koopman, Carnegie Mellon University http://www.ise514.org.uk/Prim3/New_Guidelines/Investigatio

ns/What_is.htm http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/strucres.php http://www.granitegrok.com/pix/problem%20solving.jpg http://www.trans4mind.com/positive-approach.jpg http://occ.ibo.org/ibis/documents/dp/drq/extended_essay/

d_0_eeyyy_gui_0903_1_e.pdf http://occ.ibo.org/ibis/occ/home/subjectHome.cfm?

subject=eeyyy&d http://production-app2.ibo.org/publication/19/part/4/chapter/

THANK

YOU

ALL(MANISH Kr. SEMWAL)