EXTENDED ESSAY
EXTENDED ESSAY
The Extended Essay is the most substantial written assignment that students will complete during the Diploma , and it is undoubtedly one of the most rewarding
The Extended Essay is a unique opportunity for students to engage in independent research . Each student chooses a topic that interests them and writes an in-depth 4000-word study .
The scholarly apparatus that the essay demands – citations , bibliography , abstract – is a very effective preparation for university dissertations . It helps to develop expertise in researching , writing and developing a sustained argument .
Teachers provide a structured approach to the process , taking time to guide students through their first intuitive ideas about what they would like to explore , then on to the initial reading and research stage , and finally to the point where the students develop clear research questions which they explore in considerable depth .
It is a distinctive feature of the IB Diploma , and universities regularly comment positively on the scope , level of research and structure of argument that the Extended Essay inspires .
Examples of recent Extended Essay titles include :
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To what extent is there causal comorbidity between autism and the development of schizophrenia ?
To what extent did biological differences in Plasmodium species compared to transmission over the China-Myanmar border affect the malaria elimination rate in Yunnan province ( 2012-21 )?
To what extent did working at the Barnbow munitions factory during the First World War allow women to improve their social conditions 1914-19 ?
l How effective are aluminium , luminol , iron ( III ) oxide and silver nitrate powders on detecting latent fingerprints on varying porosities of surface ?
THE IB AT SEVENOAKS | EXTENDED ESSAY 9