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History subject report · May 2009

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This subject report is listed under History in the 2009 examination archive. The catalogue session is May 2009. The information below helps you identify the document before opening the complete PDF. Subject, year and session labels come from the archive catalogue; the original cover remains the reference if a label differs. A file is not automatically suitable for your current syllabus simply because its subject name matches.

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May 2009 extended essay reports Page 1 © International Baccalaureate Organization 2009 HISTORY Overall grade boundaries Grade: E D C B A Mark range: 0 - 7 8 - 15 16 - 22 23 - 28 29 - 36 General comments In spite of the very large numbers of candidates choosing to write the ir extended essays in history the session went well, with ca ndidates and supervisors, as well as examiners , adapting successfully to the new programme and criteria. A few centres used old EE coversheets. It was very impress ive to see the number of supervisors who wrote commen ts, but some examiners reported that supervisors wrote little or nothing in their report. The range and suitability of the work submitted The choice of topics varied, as it always does, but by far the majority were worthy of research and study, and were genuine history. However it was disappointing to see the continuation of three different research questions or titles ; one on the front cover, a different one in the abstract, and a third version in the introduction. Very few essays submitted exceeded 4,000 words, but there were too many that were very short, more like the length of a class essay. Some of these short essays were, it appeared, regarded too highly by their supervisors. Others it was obvious had been written reluctantly, and in a very short time, using internet
File information
Subject
History
Document type
Subject report
Year
2009
Session
May 2009
Level
Not labelled in the archive
Paper
Not labelled
Examination zone
Not labelled in the archive
Language
English
File size
71 KB
Pages
3
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