Some­times (nor­mally in 8-mark ques­tions) you will be asked to eval­u­ate. This is about going beyond the insights you have made from doing your analy­sis (your Dr Tests). But let’s make sure you are clear on the dif­fer­ence between analy­sis and eval­u­a­tion. By ana­lyz­ing in Busi­ness we mean giv­ing your Defi­ni­tions, Expla­na­tions, Exam­ples and Development […]

Speak­ing with your par­ents is one of my favorite things about being a teacher. It’s great to sit down with some­one who knows you so well and can give me so much insight into your strengths as a stu­dent and as an indi­vid­ual. Parent-Teacher con­fer­ences almost always help your par­ents and me (and you if […]

Good note tak­ing is essen­tial for suc­cess as a stu­dent (in High School and Uni­ver­sity all the more). And yet most peo­ple don’t know how to do this well. With this in mind, here is some guid­ance for you, to help you take more effec­tive notes. You are respon­si­ble for every­thing we cover, whether it’s in […]

Know­ing how to cite your sources prop­erly can get con­fus­ing. Here (with a lot of help from Mr Durbin) is a sim­pli­fied guide for how to cite your var­i­ous types of sources accord­ing to the new MLA for­mat (2011). Of course, you can always use EasyBib.com How­ever I think that using this guide you might […]

Get­ting started with your Extended Essay is a major chal­lenge. You have prob­a­bly never writ­ten any­thing this long before. So you might find your­self star­ing at a blank page, won­der­ing how exactly should you begin?I super­vise Eco­nom­ics and Busi­ness Extended Essays (EE’s) and my stu­dents gen­er­ally do very well. So I thought I’d share with […]

How to Write Com­pelling Extended Essays and Inter­nal Assess­ments in IB Eco­nom­ics and IB Busi­ness and Man­age­ment Every year we (your hum­ble Busi­ness and Eco­nom­ics teach­ers) read IA’s and EE’s that make the same mis­take. Every year we talk about it and try to explain this mis­take, but every year there are a few of […]