2025 Extended Essay
Norming Session
for Supervisors
hello!
I’m Betsy Snow
bsnow@seq.org | is.gd/shsmc | Supervising the Extended Essay Resources
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Action items for this session:
Where are the gaps?
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Why?
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To establish or judge in reference to a norm: normed the test on the basis of last year's results
For the past few years Sequoia Teachers have marked Extended Essays (EE) more generously than the IB board.
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EE 2024
Subject area GRADES
at a glance:
A | B | C | D | E |
2 | 8 | 22 | 16 | 0! |
Overall grade distribution:
When you predict your final assessment you will use Grade Bands
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*Everyone likes to know this information, but IB discourages sharing, due to frequency of change.
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This year we are writing in:
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Business Management
Dance
English
Environmental Systems & Societies
History
Mathematics
Music
Psychology
Biology
Visual Arts
Film
Looking Ahead:
These are the breakout rooms you will join today
Scoring Criteria
A: Focus & Method
Is the essay focused on a question? What sources/approach did your student use?
B: Knowledge & Understanding
Extent to which research relates to subject area. How is knowledge conveyed through use of terminology and concepts.
C: Critical thinking
Has research been analyzed and evaluated? Can you point to examples where student has made explicit connection?
D: Presentation
The structure of the essay clearly is appropriate in terms of the expected conventions for the topic, the argument and subject in which the essay is registered. The structure and layout support the reading, understanding and evaluation of the extended essay.
E: Engagement
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. Only the first 500 words are assessable.
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Q
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2019 Subject areas at a glance...
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How does the subject specific rubric guide your supervision?
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Step 1: Read essay Q.
Step 2: Read the essay without looking at the marks ( a challenge!)
Step 3: What grade would you predict for this paper?
Step 4: Repeated for Essay Z and *.
Step 5: Discuss as group
How do your marks differ from the actual score?
Step 6: Challenge of Consensus
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Where can students earn more points?
Find one or two areas where you can advise your student to improve.
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How does this translate into guidance for the full draft you received yesterday from your current student?
You should have received a full EE draft 10/12
Comments due by 10/19
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In reality...
Example
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Be sure each paragraph connects the source back to the research question.
Where is your source , and
how did the source change your understanding of your RQ?
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Students received this document:
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