What is the Extended Essay?

2. What is the Extended Essay? • Personal research by the student • On a question or hypothesis chosen by the student, not assigned by the teacher • In a topic chosen from your 6 IB subject areas • You cannot change subject areas once assigned • In the format of a formal research paper

3. What is the Extended Essay? • It is a research essay • It must be focused and well managed • It will change as you research • It is not a narrative/descriptive essay • It is a discussionessay with an argument and counter argument • It demands evaluation of sources • The process is as important as the product

4. Who is involved in the Extended Essay? • The student – approx 40 hours commitment • The student’s supervisor – 5 hours supervision • The IB Coordinator and EE Coordinator • The International Baccalaureate Organization

11. EE assessment criteria You mustunderstandand follow the criteria closely

15. The Extended Essay Manual & other information • The Extended Essay Manual and other useful information is on the server :– Student Resources> Extended Essay • Read and digest pages 1 – 34 very important • Assessment criteria – pages 25 – 31 • Subject specific guides – pages 34 – 175 in EE guide • Latest examiner’s reports – from supervisor • Printed exemplars of past EEsin depts and library.

16. Follow the criteria!

18. New Timeline • Starting Now! • More planning and research time • Advisory sessions • Timeline and deadlines all on Server EE file.

19. Extended Essay timeline compared

20. Previously

21. Planning

22. Planning

23. More time up front

24. Timeline overview 2010 - 11

25. The next few weeks • Wed 1st Dec - Generating titles • Mon 6th Dec - HOD’s subject presentations • Wed 8th Dec - Research skills • Wed 19th Jan - Organising & Managing the Essay • Mon 24th Jan – Referencing, Bibliographies and Academic Honesty

26. When/How do I choose? • Jan 21st You will submit 2 subject choices and 2 preferred supervisors • For each propose an area of investigation and title/research question - a form will be given to you • Feb 11th The proposals will be discussed in dept meetings and supervisors assigned

27. What to do? • Think • Listen • Ask • Read • Research • Choose

28. Common problems with the EE • Students discover too late that there is too little data or data is inaccessible. • Students discover too late that their knowledge of the subject is not deep enough. • Bad pacing of the research and writing process • Plagiarism • Over-reliance on web-based sources • No contribution by the student – the extended essay is a compilation of information from other sources.

29. EE - student timeline & deadlines 2010-2011 • Mon Nov 29th Intro meeting Grade 11 ‘What is the EE?’ – EW. • Wed Dec 1st Meeting ‘Generating effective titles’ EW • Mon Dec 6th Subject presentations – HOD’s • Wed Dec 8th Meeting ‘Research skills’ – EW/BF • Wed Jan 19th Workshop ‘Organizing and managing the essay’ EW • Mon Jan 24th Workshop ‘Referencing, bibliographies and academic honesty’ BF/MR • Fri Jan 21st Submission area of investigation and title to EE supervisor (titles discussed at Dept level for suitability/modification/supervisor.) • Fri Feb 11th Subject titles signed off by supervisor – returned to EW. • Fri May 5th Resources collected/experiments conducted, titles refined • Fri June 3rd Detailed plan complete (identifying research over summer break) Progress report home from Supervisors and goals for summer • Mon Aug 29th Student’s 5 min Presentation in groups • Fri Sept 16th First draft complete - Progress reports home from Supervisors • Fri Oct 21st Final draft – electronic copy • Nov 4th Final copy • Nov 7th – 11th Viva Voce presentations • Dec 9th EEs marked paperwork complete