The Extended Essay
The EE is an in-depth study of a focused topic chosen from the list of approved Diploma Programme subjects. It is intended to promote high-level research and writing skills, intellectual discovery and creativity and provides students with an opportunity to engage in personal research in a topic of their own choice, under the guidance of a mentor. This leads to a major piece of formally presented, structured writing, in which ideas and findings are communicated in a reasoned and coherent manner, appropriate to the subject chosen.
The EE should contain no more than 4,000 words and is the result of approximately 40 hours of work by the student, concluded with a short interview. ISG adopted MLA citation style, you can see an overview of its rules here.
If you are willing to start your Extended Essay in Visual Art, please download and read carefully the following documents. Please look at the ISG guidelines for EE and refer to the IB EE website for more specific information.
Researcher's Reflection Space (RRS)
Assessment Criteria
(see Assessment Criteria for more specific information)
A: Focus and method
This criterion focuses on the topic, the research question and the methodology. It assesses the explanation of the focus of the research (this includes the topic and the research question), how the research will be undertaken, and how the focus is maintained throughout the essay.
B: Knowledge and understanding
This criterion assesses the extent to which the research relates to the subject area/discipline used to explore the research question, or in the case of the world studies extended essay, the issue addressed and the two disciplinary perspectives applied, and additionally the way in which this knowledge and understanding is demonstrated through the use of appropriate terminology and concepts.
C: Critical thinking
This criterion assesses the extent to which critical-thinking skills have been used to analyse and evaluate the research undertaken.
D: Presentation
This criterion assesses the extent to which the presentation follows the standard format expected for academic writing and the extent to which this aids effective communication.
E: Engagement
This criterion assesses the student’s engagement with their research focus and the research process. It will be applied by the examiner at the end of the assessment of the essay, and is based solely on the candidate’s reflections as detailed on the RPPF, with the supervisory comments and extended essay itself as context.
The EE should contain no more than 4,000 words and is the result of approximately 40 hours of work by the student, concluded with a short interview. ISG adopted MLA citation style, you can see an overview of its rules here.
If you are willing to start your Extended Essay in Visual Art, please download and read carefully the following documents. Please look at the ISG guidelines for EE and refer to the IB EE website for more specific information.
Researcher's Reflection Space (RRS)
Assessment Criteria
(see Assessment Criteria for more specific information)
A: Focus and method
This criterion focuses on the topic, the research question and the methodology. It assesses the explanation of the focus of the research (this includes the topic and the research question), how the research will be undertaken, and how the focus is maintained throughout the essay.
B: Knowledge and understanding
This criterion assesses the extent to which the research relates to the subject area/discipline used to explore the research question, or in the case of the world studies extended essay, the issue addressed and the two disciplinary perspectives applied, and additionally the way in which this knowledge and understanding is demonstrated through the use of appropriate terminology and concepts.
C: Critical thinking
This criterion assesses the extent to which critical-thinking skills have been used to analyse and evaluate the research undertaken.
D: Presentation
This criterion assesses the extent to which the presentation follows the standard format expected for academic writing and the extent to which this aids effective communication.
E: Engagement
This criterion assesses the student’s engagement with their research focus and the research process. It will be applied by the examiner at the end of the assessment of the essay, and is based solely on the candidate’s reflections as detailed on the RPPF, with the supervisory comments and extended essay itself as context.
REFLECTION ON PLANNING AND PROGRESS FORM.pdf | |
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ISG Art EE 2013.pdf | |
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