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Want to share the title of your extended essay? Or perhaps need help choosing one? This is the place. Psychology - The Psychology of Road Rage: A discussion of psychological explanations of road rage and policy implications.
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My IB Coordinator told me that it is super rare to get an A in EE and the majority of people get a C on EE... is that really good then? is getting an A practically impossible? i was just wondering what other people got...
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Extended Essay for Dummies How to Start Your Extended Essay, How to Avoid Last Minute Panics, How to Effectively Get Help with your Extended Essay and More About to start your EE? Have you read the IBO Extended Essay Guide yet? If not, read it before continuing! Also please note - start a new thread if you want help with your EE! People do not regularly read this thread and you may not get a response. 1. So what exactly IS the Extended Essay? This is actually an extremely important post for many people to read, because many people fail to understand the significance of exactly what makes the Extended Essay unique, and go off in completely the wrong direction! It i…
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The word limit for the EE is 4000 words. If you go over this limit you lose marks. There is no minimum but for most subjects, you should expect to go above 3500 words. For experiment based subjects like sciences or math you can go as low as 2500 if there is sufficient formulae working (math) or data (sciences) or other things not included in the word count but suffices to show that you've done work on the essay. The word limit for the Abstract is separate and is 300 words. The following are not included in the word count: footnotes, appendices, abstract. Any direct quotations included in the body of the essay are included in the word count. If you don't want to include…
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The title is pretty much self-explanatory (lol) but if not, this is a post about writing an a1 language ee, primarily focused on english obviously, and based largely on personal experience. If you have any questions about this post (turned out longer than I expected!) or the ee itself, send me a message. Also, if you have a draft and are looking for feedback, I might be able to help. Ground rules first - you need to have a good grasp of your the language you are writing your extended essay (latin and ancient greek possibly excepted) -- and this probably means a good grade in the relevant class. Choosing good supervisor, and one you are on good terms with, is also a good i…
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hey guys im doing a survey for my ee on itgs. Only answer questions that apply to you http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W2ZDTTP
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There have been many questions about citation and referencing. Here are some good links to help you: MLA Guides http://www.utoledo.edu/library/help/guides/docs/MLAstyle.pdf Footnote Instructions and Samples http://www.aresearchguide.com/7footnot.html http://www.aresearchguide.com/samplefootnote.html http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/04/ http://fc.lovett.org/~rmartin/footnotes/ http://dept.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/stylesheet/mla-foot.htm Bibliography / Works cited page Instructions and Samples http://www.easybib.com/ (automatic) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/06/ http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/ http://www.aresearchguide.com/sampl…
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Hi all, I just replied to a specific/topic-based EE question, and I'll repost my reply here as some of the hints/tips/advice/comments could be useful to others Ok, so it's been over a year since I did my EE, but I'll try my best to give you some help/tips. - Your topic is wayyyyyyyyyyy too broad for an EE. You should try and make it a local topic, even if it's from a broad origin. I did mine on the effect of falling economic growth (as measured by GDP) in Australia (very broad) on the residential property market of the Brisbane postal code of 4000 (extremely specific). Ultimately I didn't like my topic as there were too many variables, but I managed to still get an…
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Its hilarious to think of a site that is considering helping future students when their time is so limited especially on an IB basis. How can new users "benefit from [the site]" when you are proposing them to post 100 comments/posts. I mean take my intention as an example. I want my second post to be an economic guide to "benefit [the site]" ,with my essay attached to it, but how would it be possible for me to open my own essay, or my other friends'. T_T [administrator] ; Dues, lc, and hms, please see to my request upon giving more acknowledgeable privileges to the new IB'ers. I understand by what you meant when you thought that people could "benefit themselves only". B…
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Hey guys! so while i was going through the threads, i saw that none of them actually gave good pointers on how to write a very good abstract. So i've got a few notes which i'll share with everyone. They were handouts which my supervisor had given me, but i just condensed it into one. Good luck! HOW TO WRITE AN ABSTRACT An abstract is a concise, stand-alone statement that conveys the essential information contained in an article, book, research paper, or document. Written in a direct non-repetitive style, the abstract should: - Identify the problem (research question of thesis) investigated. - Describe the scope or method of investigation. - Summarize the results. - …
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hey... me doin my essay on ants.....repelling ants using common household materials like vinegar, turmeric, lemon, cucumber.....and many more.....its interesting.......getting positive results........almost complete.......... BUT CAN ANYONE FRAME A RESEARCH QUESTION FOR ME PLZ
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Here are the links to the Extended Essay examples we have on our Files archive. To be able to download files, you have to be a VIP member or a VIP subscriber. Please see the FAQfor information on how to become a VIP or how to buy a VIP subscription. If you want to donate and contribute files to our archive, please see this announcementor this FAQ section. Extended Essays Biology & Environmental Systems Chemistry Economics and Bussiness & Management Group 6 History Language A1 Language B Mathematics Other Group 3 subjects Physics Psychology
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Anyone doing a Physics EE? 1 2 3
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Is anyone interested in writing a physics EE or I am the only one?
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Biology extended essays - Topic? 1 2 3
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hoolaa can any1 suggest for a biology extended essays which is doable in the school lab itself?
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How hard should I work? What approaches should I take? Would it be difficult to get an A, than a physics or any-other EE??
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I need help if my topic and research question is appropriate enough for when I apply to a decent Uni. for medicine. I'm doing mine on Biology and it will be about Acupuncture, as of the moment, myself and the rest of my fellow IB colleagues have just begun on the EE. This is our first week in on doing it. And our first time as well. Anyway, knowing that I have asked my supervisor already on how should I look up on Acupuncture, and I've done some research already to see if there are enough reasonable references via internet - for the mean time - I was able to come up with a research question which in I would really love to get some feedbacks if it is a strong and appropria…
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I'm curious enough to pose the question of 'how long did it take you'. Just wanted to see how many days it took to construct the essay and the research in between. You can also mention how long you spent researching. So far I have been on mine for 5 days. Complete apathy means that I take a long time to get into it.
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Im doing my EE in physics and ill be investigating the effect of temperature on the bounce height of a squash ball on different surfaces. (ill be comparing the change of bounce height due to temeoperature on different surfaces of a squash court to identify which would suffer the biggest change in bounce) What does everyone think?
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It looks like most of the excellent 50 extended essays doesn't include Business and Management examples. Is it extremely hard to get an A for extended essay in Business and Management? Please comment on my research question: To what extent is the marketing strategy of Starbucks effective globally and how does it affect the newly built Starbucks branch outlet at Xiamen, China in 2010? Is this understandable, if not, are there any suggestions to improve it? I'm pretty sure key terms are missing from the research question but I don't have the list with me. My idea is to take a look of the global marketing and how did it affect on new outlets on a certain region. Is it too …
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I was reading the EE guidelines for a paper in psychology and it indicated that i should not do my essay under the psychology field if i did not take psychology as a part of the Diploma Programme. My school does not offer psychology as a part of the Diploma Programme; however, i took AP psychology last year and did exceptionally well both in the course and on the test, so i am very familiar with psychology. Should I still do my essay in psychology then? And if so, any ideas on what topic/research question i should choose? i'm highly interested in intelligence, memory, learning, and development
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Hi, I'm doing my EE in economics, and my question is: DOES THE METHODOLOGY OF THE BIG MAC INDEX WORK WITH STARBUCKS? well, that's the draft anyway,,, so if anybody has suggestions about how to improve upon the questions, you're welcome. But, the point of this topic is in fact to ask all the people who are from different parts of the world, if you have starbucks in your country, how much does a caffe latte cost? Hence, I'd be needing, COUNTRY (city, if possible) PRICE OF CAFFE LATTE (tall) asap .. thanks so much for your help! Bee EDIT: Argelia Malaysia Mexico Bahamas Netherlands Bahrein New Zealand Oman Bulgaria Phillipines Denma…
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So my idea is to test how efficient cleaning products work (soapy water, hand sanitizer, baby wipes, rubbing alcohol, etc.) by basically growing a few petri dishes of bacteria and then putting each substance on the bacterial growth and analyzing results. What do you guys think? Too simple? Any thoughts or tips at all would be greatly appreciated.
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My old history teacher helped me come up with the idea of taking modern war video games and investigating how historically accurate they are. It was approved by the IB coordinator at my school, but I told everyone else and they think that its a bad subject for an extended essay. Can someone give me advice? Is that a good topic?
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OK...it's my third ever post on this site....so please be kind!! This is my idea for the extended essay (physics): I was thinking of reproducing some of the classic Doppler experiments using sound waves. This experiment that I have in mind, involves finding someone with a loud car stereo, having them play a sine wave of known frequency (the free sound editing utility Audacity can generate these in a format that can be saved as MP3's or .wav files to be burned to CD). I could stand on the side of the road recording the sine wave (Audacity, again) as the car is moving towards and away from the recorder at various speeds. Then I could analyze the recordings for frequency…
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Good Evening from Massachusetts! Today, I just got started with my research for my Extended Essay, and mine is primarily about Toyotomi Hideyoshi: The Daimyo who unified Japan as one. As I started to read about Hideyoshi (Japanese history rather than U.S. and European history for once), I became excited and eager to read more and begin to type my EE. The research is a bit hard, since I can't find books on Hideyoshi, but whenever I do, it's always a joy to read. Do any of my fellow Ib-ers feel this way? What's your topic about? I'd love to hear that the EE isn't as bad as most people believe.
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I am doing a chemistry EE, and have come up with a basic idea already I hvae 2 similar research questions: How will the temperatures of water used to brew coffee affect the coffee content? and Investigating the different caffeine concentrations of different drinks. So i found a method to extract the caffeine and already did a lot of research, but then my intructor says that this EE lacks a "story" He askes me why am i doing this EE, like an overall reason. Something like caffeine content affecting health issue. ( I came up with that but my instructor does not like it ) Help anybody?
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Hello all, New to the forum, but kind of need some help narrowing down the topic of Bitcoin as a research question! So here's what I have gathered/thought about so far: Bitcoin is an interesting virtual-currency that somehow stood out from all of the other virtual currencies such as in game coins in video games It's similar to a currency, but can not be considered one due to the lack of government support It's risks are high as cryptography may not be advanced enough to be hacker-proof It's emerging steadily as more investors look into this form of currency/commodity It's core is basically in place, now still needs more advancing Traditional economists dislike the idea of…
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Hey guys, I'm almost done with my EE, i just need to get few responses to this survey, could you please help me? It won't take long I promise. It is all about the perception audiences of TV shows have on stereotypes and prejudice. Link: https://fr.surveymonkey.com/r/ZCMWXVX Thank you!
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I'm doing Harry Potter for my EE and I somewhat ran out of ideas. Can any of you help me get more ideas please. I already have some ideas, but my supervisor said its not enough and I have to figure out more ideas to support my topic. Please help.... *begs*
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Hi... I need some major help with my extended essay topic and fast please... So I am doing my extended essay in economics HL and my research question is "To what extent can the market structure of the jewelry shops in Birhana road, Kanpur (India) can be classified as being monopolistic competition?" I am not sure if it is good enough so please give me any suggestions on how maybe I can improve it... and also it would really help me if someone could tell me what all things i could consider including in my essay... please help... it's urgent... Much Thanks in advance
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Hello EE writers or future writers (dont worry you still have a week, take your time), I figured that since I have a year left of I might start reading some of the things you guys have done or will do to write this...splendid piece of paper. First off: In our school we have this due date list, tell me if it happens in your schools too. As soon as you start your junior year, you get a list with blank spaces for signatures. Every week you're supposed to have your mentor sign your work. And you have to show real work too, not just say you're doing it. For example, the first month you're supposed to have the first page done with resources and a started bibliography. Does it …
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I just finished my extended essay!!!! I was starting to get worried because the date it was due was changed like a zillion times in my school! Now it is due in Feb 6, what about the rest of you???
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I'm currently doing a biology EE with the research question: To what extent could stem cell therapy be used in repairing brain damage as a result of neurodegenerative components as seen in progressive diseases such as Alzheimer's? I don't really have any intentions of changing my topic or shifting to a primary research topic, but I was just wondering since I've heard around that secondary research EE's never do so well for science EE's. Honestly a little worried but I really do like my topic and it's something I'm genuinely interested in.
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Hi guys! This is my very first post. I came across IBSurvival and thought that you all could help me out with my EE. I am doing an ITGS EE with the (current) research question: "To what extent does the benefit of sharing private information in social networking sites outweigh the risks they carry for teenagers aged 13-19?" I believe that almost everyone here does have a Facebook/Twitter account, no? That's why I think this is the right place to find people for my survey. To do my essay, I have to know what teenagers around the world think about the issue of "open privacy" in the world wide web. Do you think it is secure to share things about ourselves in the inter…
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First id like to thank you for spending time reading this and try to help me out. i really appreciate it. =] My EE is on maths, about game theory. But here is the thing, ive read some old thread on IB forums and people have said since there are so many topics you can talk about in Maths you cant really expect the marker to know everything about you topic. So im facing a dilemma right now. Should my EE be like a 4000 words introduction of Game Theory for like beginners or people who know nothing (or not much) about game theory? or should i do like a specific game theoretical analysis on a game? (i can use some suggestions which game i should do as well) and by the way, Ive…
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hey im doing my EE in English A1 and im trying to figure out a topic, i want to use a midsummer nights dream but i cant find a story to compare it to, any ideas?? help please
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Hello guys! I'm in my first year and my teacher has already got us started on the EE I've recently got very interested in Greek Mythology and I was hoping to do something along those lines. I also love the Percy Jackson series, and I was thinking of addressing the different themes in it. Does this seem like a good idea? Am I going in the right direction? And how specific should I be? Help would be very much appreciated.
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Hey Guys ... I hope that everybody is doing well.. This summer I have t write an extended essay.I am very interested in the scientific side, especially writing one in math. However, I am looking for interesting topics in math that I can do an extended essay in, but I didn't find yet. I am really lost, so Could anybody help me by giving me advices for good extended essay topics in math, please??
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When is the deadline when they are actually being sent?
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Exactly? I heard it was Feb 25th
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So my school, which in all honesty is probably the WORST option for an IB school due to countless reasons but I will hold back my whining; has made up their own system of deadlines for things like IA's, EE, etc. Now I'm in the first year of IB and since I enjoy history, I chose to write my EE in history. Now.. I have gone through several topics and my main problem is that my supervisor (History HL teacher), does not like my topics. Now, okay I understand he has every right to tell me he dislikes something, and I have every right to write on which ever topic I please, because in the end it is my essay. But he makes it extremely difficult for me in the sense that all he doe…
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Hey, Good news: I finished my EE. Yeah, I still gotta write up my bibliography, have to cut down on some words (though I know exactly where to cut it down) and choose between my two versions of introductions, write the contents page and my abstract and my title page BUT I'm done with my contents. And now I've hit a brick wall because I have no idea what document style to use I had a look at all those styles - MLA and the others - before I started writing my EE, but I got confused by them and decided to leave it until later when I finish writing EE. But now, having to write my bibliography according to ONE style at least, I have no idea which document style to use I'm do…
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Good morning/afternoon/evening (who knows, right?) I have decided to do my Extended Essay on Film. I do not have it at my school, though it is one of my main interests. My question is on the topic. I have thought about two options, please guys help me out in here: comparison between The Lord of the Flies and The Apocalypse Now (my RQ would be: To what extent does each film reflect the downfall of the oneiric/idyllic and the appearance of the anarchy?). In this first option, I would like to explore the islands and the idyllic as a theme, that is, the idea of perfection in Cinema. If you guys have some other idea than Apocalypse Now please tell me. In additio…
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I am coming to the point when I need to choose a topic for my EE. I am torn between whether to do math or English. I thought about doing my EE in English on Harry Potter, but I am not sure how I would incorporate research into that. I am also thinking of doing an EE in math about something along the lines of the Golden Ratio or something about mathematics in music. Does anyone have any sample topics I may be able to use and where I could take those? I am open to doing either, though I think an EE on the Golden Ratio or Music and math sounds a bit more interesting to me right now.
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Hi guys, I'm Lou.. and I am currently in grade 11.. I am so scared ! I don't know what to choose for my extended essay, and I would really like to it in French (B HL), but my vocab. isn't the best..! also my french teacher is an unbelievable influence and she has this power to get you the best grade like ever! So HELP!! PLEASE!!!!! Oh and by the way, if you say just do it in french, as i said before my vocabulary, register and diction are not very goood!!!!! Thanks, Lou and Quinn
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Just need as many people as possible to help out with this short questionaire so i can get as much info frok reliable sources for my extended essay. Please people, really need your help!!! Thanks to everyone in advanced. 1) How many music CD’s have you bought this year? 2)How many music CD’s had you bought around this time of year 5 years ago? 3)Has the number of music CD’s you have purchased reduced? b) - If yes, please state why. 4)What effects do you think the decline in the sale of music CD’s may have on a country’s economy if any? 5)Can the current methods of distribution of music (online stores etc.) cater for the decline of the sale of the music CD in …
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Ok I need help picking out a topic!!!! It's history related so I want to do something with WWII or the Renaissance period!!! Does anyone have any suggestions?????
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Any possible topics for a good French as Second Language Extended Essay? Deadline today.
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extremely confused about the format of biology EE. does it have a body and if so wat does it consist of?
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Hey guys. I wanted to do something in Chemistry. I know I dont want to do something research based. More of experimental base. Tho i dont know which ones are the most interesting/ most challenging/ the coolest topic. I have all the lab resources available because my aunt works in a lab. (did her phd in chem). I also wanted to do something that universities might like because i was plannin on doin a major in chem and a minor in bio. so yea maybe somethin in biochem? or just chem? hear are some of my ideas. The affect of a plant (i.e. algae) on the pH level in water "The effects of sugar-free chewing gum on the pH in the mouth after a meal" is better than "Acid-base chemist…
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Hey guys, I decided to do my extended essay in Spanish. I'm from Canada and Spanish is the fourth language I can speak fluently. Ok, so I need to decide between a few topics. My choices include analyzing two pieces of literature by Lorca, and historical events and their significance in Cuba, Spain, or any other "pais hispanohablante." For the part about events, my teacher says I should focus on HOW (i.e. "to what extent") an event impacted the culture or traditions. Does anyone have any ideas for events that did this on a grand scale in history? Also, what would be a better choice, the historical event side or analyzing literature side?
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