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A Great CAS Opportunity for IB DP Students!

Considering that the Internal Assessment (IA) is worth 20% of the overall grade of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB DP), it is extremely important to dedicate enough time to its preparation. Writing it, can be quite demanding thus EdQwest is suggesting some tips to follow to be able to submit a great IA of the IB DP History.
Assessment criteria: make sure that you carefully read them, since they provide a framework of the assessment with specific requirements such as the type of work you are expected to provide, the length of the paper and, most importantly, the skills and knowledge that you should be able to demonstrate.
The Topic: that you choose must be relevant to the course and as interesting as possible. It should be specific enough to give you the possibility to focus on a particular historical event, but it should also be broad enough to give you the possible to expand your analysis.
Research: The internal assessment should be based on primary sources which are original documents or pieces of the event you have selected such as letters, diaries, photographs, or newspaper articles; and secondary sources such as interpretations or analyses of primary sources, like books or articles written by historians. It is extremely important that when you do your research for the IA, you use reliable and credible sources that can be found in academic books, articles, primary sources and in interviews with experts of the subject matter. Remember to avoid using sources that can be perceived as biased or that are unsupported by evidence.
Language: ideally you should use a clear and concise language. Try to avoid using complex vocabulary or jargon that may be difficult to understand or that are subject to interpretation. In addition, make sure that your arguments are concise but well-structured and always supported by evidence.
Before submitting your internal assessment, you should dedicate some time to proofread it to avoid spelling and grammar errors, but also to check that your thesis is coherent.
In summary, to write a powerful internal assessment for the IB DP in History you need to carefully think about what you are going to expose, chose a clear and concise language, and allocate some time for a final proofreading.
EdQwest hopes that if you follow these tips, you can improve your chances of writing a high-quality internal assessment that meets the requirements of the IB.
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Some Suggestions from EdQwest on How to Write a Successful Internal Assessment (IA) for IB DP History

Criterion A
First of all, you have to clearly understand the requirements for an IA in Computer Science. Here are some tips you have to follow:
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<li>Find a suitable client (The client can be an IB teacher, parent, friend or someone else entirely. They must be an actual person who exists and is prepared to work with the student) who needs a technological solution for his/her problem. A Technological solution can be in the form of a website, phone app, windows app, apple app etc. Explore the different possibilities, find out what program language you would be comfortable with or one you could easily self-learn because you have access to many resources. It is probable at the stage of beginning the IB Internal Assessment process, you won&rsquo;t be very familiar with any, but it is so much fun to learn a language, especially when there is a final purpose, and in this case a double purpose. Help your client with his/her problem and get to learn something new to create a semi-professional solution.</li>
<li>Make sure you record your chats/interviews with your client, you will need to attach the transcripts or recordings in the form of appendixes in your cover page. In these chats the client needs to be able to explain their needs and you both have to agree with the criteria. Remember, you will make a list of the criteria in the last section in criterion A. These criteria have to be very clear, concise and testable. So don&rsquo;t write generic criteria like &ldquo;this web app has to have a good appearance and be user friendly with different buttons and menus&rdquo;. Consider that you will meet again, at least one time, at the end of the process for the evaluation of the project/solution and the client has to be able to check every single criterion you agreed at the beginning.</li>
<li>Find an advisor who can guide you. This person is usually different from the client (many times it can be your teacher). You need to mention the advisor in your Criterion A as well, when you explain the scenario of the problem and you introduce both the client and the advisor.</li>
<li>Last but not the least, you need to justify why you are going to use one technology as opposed to another. Your selection must be justified in the context of the project, not simply because it is what you have the most experience in.</li>
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A Great CAS Opportunity for IB DP Students!

How to Succeed in Your IB DP Computer Science Internal Assessment (IA): some advice from a Computer Science Teacher

Some Suggestions from EdQwest on How to Write a Successful Internal Assessment (IA) for IB DP History