Mark Lewis Jan 2013
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IB Business & Management Internal Assessment Guidelines Standard Level – 2013 Index
Page • Templates • IB Commentary on report structure • IB SL IA criteria and mark bands from syllabus • IB general commentary on SL IA from syllabus • Sample IA’s with marks (IB sourced) • General guide comments (IB Sourced) • Recent IA questions at Carey • General guide comments (IB Sourced) • Subject reports summary 3 11 13 20 23 73 74 75 77
Business & Management
Internal Assessment – Standard Level
Issue Choose an issue or problem for investigation Determine title in the form of a question Teacher to approve question before significant work commences by student Prepare research proposal and action plan (details of these documents page 49 of guide)
Note – this is required in the HL assessment only but is a useful approach to give structure to the SL project
Checklist of issues (adapted from p48 IB 2009 Guide)
Date Completed
Determine academic system of referencing and commence maintaining bibliography Evaluate secondary and primary data to be used for investigation Determine personal timetable to completion (within Carey requirements) Essay plan with headings (considered in context of the assessment criteria) Prepare research Throughout process student can discuss with supervising teacher Submit first draft for review/ feedback / discussion Evaluate against criteria A – F (this is not intended to generate a mark but rather provide guidance on potential improvements or deficiencies against the criteria) Submit final document for assessment 28 July
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Log of discussions between EE Supervisor and student Student Name _________________________
Student Name Reviewed Comments
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Summary of criteria to evaluate draft Internal Assessment – Standard Level
This table is a summary of the IB Internal Assessment Extended Essay Assessment Criteria