Research in The Extended Essay

The Research Process
at UISG
In support of the Extended Essay
What is the Extended
Essay?
• The extended essay is compulsory for all students taking the
Diploma Programme and is an option for course students.
• A student must achieve a D grade or higher to be awarded
the Diploma.
• The extended essay is externally assessed and, in
combination with the grade for theory of knowledge,
contributes up to three points to the total score for the IB
Diploma.
• The extended essay process helps prepare students for
success at university and in other pathways beyond the
Diploma Programme.
What is the Extended
Essay?
• The extended essay is a piece of independent research on
a topic chosen by the student in consultation with a
supervisor in the school.
• It is presented as a formal piece of sustained academic
writing containing no more than 4,000 words accompanied
by a reflection form of no more than 500 words.
• It is the result of approximately 40 hours of work by the
student.
• Students are supported by a supervision process
recommended to be 3–5 hours, which includes three
mandatory reflection sessions.
Phase 1 – The Question
• Choosing your subject
• Choosing your topic
• Preliminary research
• Developing the Question
• First Reflection
Choosing your Subject
Biology Literature
Scuba Diving Reading
Photography Teaching
Physics History
CAS and the Extended
Essay CAS project teaching
people about dental
hygiene
Impact of Extended
fizzy drinks CAS Homeless
on teeth Essay shelter
EE Research topic on
Economics
income inequality
Focusing your Area of
Interest
In this example I have chosen to
First do my research in History
World
20th War
Century By thinking about what topics I
am interested in and my
I am background I have managed to
British narrow the topic
Something about Britain in

the First world War
Develop a working
Research Question
Something about Britain in the First world War
How did Britain win the First World War?
The role of the navy in Britain winning the war
Title: The British Navy and Victory in the First World War
RQ: To What Extent was the Navy responsible for helping

Britain win the First World War?
Focusing your Area of
Interest – Using CAS
• Homeless Shelter • Homelessness
• About why people lose • An economic issue
their homes • A Human Rights Issue
• Lack of jobs
• Poor pay
• A World Studies EE
using
• Income Inequality and • Economics
it connection with • Human Rights
homelessness All interdisciplinary EEs
should start with a
global issue
I have a subject and
topic
• Option 1 • Option 2
• Approach a teacher in • Do some initial research
your chosen subject on the topic – take
• Discuss the topic you notes
are interested in. • Discuss the topic with a
• Go away and do some teacher.
initial research
 Identify between 3 – 5 sources

 Take notes on these sources
 Identify any common ideas / themes that
keep repeating
The Reflection
Phase 2 – The Planning
• Develop research and collect around 10 sources
• Create an annotated bibliography
• Develop outline
• Interim reflection
Annotated
Bibliography
• Should include:
• a concise summary of the content and
theme(s) of the source
• a comment on the authority of the author
• a comment on the purpose of the source
• a comment on how this source might be
useful.
Taking notes
Bibliographic information
Write down one main idea per - Questions to follow up on - Use a symbol to
line - Connections to ideas you indicate very
have important
- Key themes or arguments information like a
emerging statistic you want
to use or quote.
Germany's civilians began to
- This information can be
suffer malnourishment from the
used to link to the
winter of 1916 onwards, while
emergence of the German - KD
the food situation in Austria
naval plan of unrestricted
caused riots and, eventually,
submarine warfare
actual starvation in some areas.
Summary of sources main points
Outline
Interim Reflection
Phase 3 – Writing your
Paper
• Submit draft (one only)
• Submit Final Extended Essay
• Viva Voce (Final reflection)
Submit draft (one
only)
Submit Final EE
Viva Voce

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The Research Process

Scuba Diving Reading

Something about Britain in

How did Britain win the First World War?

The role of the navy in Britain winning the war

RQ: To What Extent was the Navy responsible for helping

 Identify between 3 – 5 sources

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