cream n' strawbs Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 Hey everyone, just feeling curious to know what the moderation process was like for you. I've heard some pretty horrendous stories about marks going down, so was wondering if any of you went through similar experiences? Cheers! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrashmaster Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 Mine hasn't gone through yet, but my teacher gave some horror stories about IAs. For example, one student turned in his with the title page saying something about TWE was _______'s role important in the Vietnam Wart?" In case you missed it, he said warT. Now, I don't think he was marked down specifically for that, especially because the question was typed correctly in the paper, but I think doing something like that puts the grader in a bad mood, or rather a bad perspective of you as someone who is lazy and careless. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwich Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 My Chemistry IA was moderated from a 7 down to a 4. My chemistry teacher basically had no idea about what was good and what was bad. On the plus side my Spanish teacher who disliked me gave me a 6 for my coursework and it was moderated up to a 7, so things go both ways Most of the rest of my IAs, the marks hardly changed because my teachers were spot on with their marking. It really depends on how good your teacher is at marking to the IB's standards. As I went to a very small school (IB cohort was small anyway), all my coursework for everything got sent off for moderation. If you're in a bigger place, yours may not even get sent. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flinquinnster Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 We got moderated up for physics (our teacher marked very, very harshly). I only went up 1 mark, but I know quite a few people went up by a substantial number of marks. On the other hand, I went down 4 marks in history and 3 marks in maths. All my other subjects stayed pretty stable though. So sometimes your mark will go up, sometimes down, sometimes by a lot, sometimes by a little - as Sandwich has said, it does depend on the teacher. Unfortunately, you can't control that, though you usually get some idea of how moderation will go based on the experiences of previous classes who have had that teacher for IB! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 (edited) My biology internal got moderated from a 7 to a 2 due to bad samples, still managed to get a 6 overall though. Edited July 28, 2014 by Fiz Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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