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May 2015 extended essay reports
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Business and Management EE
Overall grade boundaries
Grade: E D C B A
Mark range: 0-7 8-15 16-22 23-28 29-36
The range and suitability of the work submitted
The range and suitability varied considerably both between centres and within centres . Some
candidates produced very topical, interesting, well researched academic pieces. Those highly
graded essays demonstrated the use of varied sources and the use of critical thinking
/evaluative skills combined with well substantiated conclusions
It was very disappointing to see that quite a significant number of candidates in many centres,
despite similar comments before, did not follow the specific requirements of Business and
Management. Based on the supervisor's comments, it was apparent that some t eachers/
supervisors have not fully grasped the requirements and ex pectations of the EE as a
thorough academic piece of research. The most noticeable issue observed by many
examiners was the fact that students in some centres still based their research mai nly or
largely on primary sources. The guide states that ‘students should use as the basis of their
extended essay secondary data supported where appropriate by primary research’.
It appears that still too many candidates produce expanded Internal Assessm ent pieces both
in context, rigour, research methods and presentation. This is self -penalising on the part of
candidates, as the EE and IA are discrete assessment pieces, each with their own
requirements. Writing one of them to the other’s specification wi ll limit how well a candidate
will be able to do from the outset.
Other general issues:
Several essays were far too broad to deal with systematically in the 4000 words allocated to
the task. EEs with broad research questions tend to cover a lot of content but in a superficial
manner.
Several essays used Business models regardless of the appropriateness of these models.
There should be consideration in the use of models to justify what it is that is being explored.
May 2015 extended essay reports Business and Management EE
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In some centres the research questions were very similar, and
File information
Subject
Business Management
Document type
Subject report
Year
2015
Session
May 2015
Level
Not labelled in the archive
Paper
Not labelled
Examination zone
Not labelled in the archive
Language
English
File size
57 KB
Pages
6
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