ams Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 i am doing my economics commentaries, and have chosen the sections of the syllabus i want to focus on, the only problem is that i hv no idea wat the format. can any1 help me find a link where i can find sample commentaries Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deissi Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 i am doing my economics commentaries, and have chosen the sections of the syllabus i want to focus on, the only problem is that i hv no idea wat the format. can any1 help me find a link where i can find sample commentariesYes, they're available here on IB Survival, however, you'll need VIP, which you need to earn or purchase. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilly Posted October 18, 2008 Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 In the intervening time ask your teacher, they are likely to have samples - and the general process is to discuss a specific piece of economic theory in relation to the extract. Try to pick articles which don't have much economic analysis in them (or at least if there is analysis it is in layman's terms) so that it doesn't seem like your just restating the article. Also make sure to define define define and use as many diagrams as possible- or maybe it's just my teacher who gets any about such things. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
porkypine Posted October 18, 2008 Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 On another note, be careful of the word count. Apparently they even include words that are used as captions of diagrams, and more. The first economics commentary I had to do was chaos, simply because on the day we were handing it in, my teacher decided to announce that such words are included in the word count. When I re-counted the words following the rules, I was well over 80 words above the word count. ; Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlislielais Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 (edited) Indeed, footnotes, sources of information etc. are included in word count - there was a misunderstanding between my economics teacher and an moderator's methods and one student lost points for that - dunno if that changed the final grade or not but our teacher keeps complaining about it all the time Edited November 1, 2008 by karlislielais Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneyfaery Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 Footnotes count? That is quite odd. Then again, there isn't even a need for footnotes... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrigankkabra Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 My teacher told me that footnotes don't count in the word count.And he wants footnotes for any definition... so the footnote for every definition takes about 10 words each! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deissi Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 Your teacher is wrong; the Teacher Support Material explicitly states that everything is included in the word count. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrigankkabra Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 ok, so instead of having a reference to a text book everytime i use a definition from there, can i instead just specify the name of the book and the author once in the bibliography?or is that not allowed? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerox Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 No you have to put the definitions in words according to my teacher, you can't refer to a book.But then again who knows really... in this IB-world only the examinors know, (atleast that I hope atleast they do) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chukky Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 i thought u had to cite defiitions but will u put a bibliography at the end of the portfolio or each commentary ? very confusingit with MLA formator other ones Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
masson Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 My teacher told us to count the arrows used in graphs/diagrams as well just to be on the safe side. But yea...everything counts including footnotes. Apparently, IB uses an optical scanner to check the word count (makes sense since they have hundreds upon hundreds to mark). Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
theDIDDLER Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 Just a note on commentaries, make sure you're actually doing some "commenting" on something (arguing, reasoning, etc.) based on economic knowledge. Just a thought. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
masson Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 You can try visiting my school's website. They have plenty of helpful stuff on what is required in the commentaries and a rubric. It seems to me the rubric is pretty simple. My teacher is individually marking the commentaries as we go along to input the marks for the semesterly report card. I got 18 on the first one, 19 on the second one. Hopefully, this time I will be getting a 20.P.S. The website is as follows: http://www.turnerfenton.com/Students/lesso...ib/internal.htm Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lalalajjj Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Hey guys do you think that this article is suitable for Section 3 (Macro)? http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/view...rs/5842941.html Thanks Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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