Easy ways and how efficiently supervisors/students can keep on track their EEs on ManageBac.

1. Extended Essay 2018
Managbacing the changes
27th Feb, 2017
Zakir Hossain
Teacher-Librarian
Extended Essay Coordinator

2. Significant Changes
From Old EE
Content
Format
Assessment

3. Researcher’s Reflection Space
 Plan Document Share

4. Researcher’s Reflection Space
Document Share

5. Researcher’s Reflection Space
Share

6. Supervisors Must
 Undertake Three Reflection Sessions (20-30 min.)
 Ensure Ethical Practice and Academic Honesty
 Including “double-dipping”
 Read and Comment on ONE Draft Only (No Editing)
 Complete the RPPF, supervisor’s comments, hours spent
 Estimate grade (A-F)

7. Supervisor Should
 Spend 3-5 hours, supporting each student
 Have several check-in meetings with each student
 Read EE Guide, recent EE Reports, and new Exemplars
 Say NO to more students than they can handle

8. External Mentors
 School Must Approve
 School Provides Letter to Mentor
 Explains Role and Limits to
Assistance
 Letter Added to end of EE (One File)
 Supervisor is still assigned
 Ensure requirements, academic
honestly, and RPPF

9. Managebacing Supervision
 Check-in Sessions
 10-15 min., as needed
 Document on MB
 Reflection Sessions
 20-30 min., three times
After initial idea and plan
“Once a significant amount of research”
completed
After final draft submitted Viva Voce
 Date and lock on MB

10. Assessment Criteria

11. Best-Fit Interpretation Examples
What would you
guess the best-fit
mark would be?
What would you
guess the best-fit
mark would be?

12. Managebacing Assessment (Optional)

13. RPPF
 500 word maximum
Advise- 150 words for 1st and 2nd, and 200 words for 3rd (Viva Voce)
 Managebac makes pdf file

14. Reflection Session Process
 pg 70 and 73 of EE guide activity
 Where are you and your students now?
 Place an arrow next to spot that best
indicates current progress

15. Content of EE
 Six Required Sections
1. Title page
2. Contents page
3. Introduction
4. Body of the essay
5. Conclusion
6. References and bibliography

16. Title Page Contains ONLY
Title
Not same as RQ or phrased as a question
Research question
Phrased as a question
Subject for which the essay is registered
if language essay also state which category it falls
into
word count

17. Contents page
 Must be at beginning
 All pages numbered
 An index should not be included and is ignored if
present

18. Introduction
 Tell the reader what to expect
Focus of the essay
Scope of the research
Indication of the sources to be used
Insight into the line of argument to be taken
 Sometimes advisable to finalize the introduction once the
body of the essay is complete

19. Body of Essay
Research
Analysis
Discussion
Evaluation
Appendices and foot/endnotes are ignored and
should not contain important information
Appropriate to subject

20. Conclusion
Final, summative, & at the end of the essay
What has been achieved
Notes of any limitations
Unresolved questions
Must relate to the research question posed

21. References and Bibliography
 Use consistent, standard style
 ie- Alphabetical or order of citation depending on style
 Only include what is cited within the essay
 IB minimum standard
 name of author
 date of publication
 title of source
 page numbers (print sources only)
 date of access (electronic sources only)
 URL

22. Format
 12 pt. font
 double spacing
 page numbers
 1 inch/2.5 cm margins
 No student or school names on
any page

23. Works cited:
 Stward, Gordon. EE during staff meeting at EISHCMC.
 IB Extended Essay Website available at
https://ibpublishing.ibo.org/extendedessay/apps/dpapp/index.html?doc=d
_0_eeyyy_gui_1602_1_e&part=1&chapter=1