Students must reflect on these 5 questions before seeing Mr. Chad
3rd discussion and reflection (viva voce)Preparation for the final discussion (viva voce)
Supervisors must have already read the final version of the essay, sent to them by the candidate, before this session takes place.
Students should bring the following to this session:
Final formal discussion (viva voce)
The viva voce is a short interview between the student and the supervisor, and is the mandatory conclusion to the extended essay process. Students who do not attend the viva voce will be disadvantaged under criterion E (engagement) as the Reflections on planning and progress form will be incomplete.
The viva voce is conducted once the student has uploaded the final version of their extended essay to the IB for assessment. At this point in the process no further changes can be made to the essay. The viva voce is a celebration of the completion of the essay and a reflection on what the student has learned from the process.
The viva voce is:
Following the viva voce, the student is required to complete the final section of the Reflections on planning and progress form . This is on ManageBac, and should not be more than 200 words. Once completed it is dated and signed off by the supervisor, who must then add their own supervisors report.
A blank or unsubmitted RPPF will score a 0 for criterion E (worth 18% of the EE grade).
Possible guiding questions for your third discussion (viva voce):
1. What is / are your findings in this EE?
2. If I were to tell you that the EE was actually 8000 words and you have another 5 months to work on it, how would you expand it?
3. When you think back over this whole project and process, what are you most proud of?
4. Is/Are there any limitations in your research? If yes, would you please talk about it/them and how can you solve it/them in the future?
5. What skills have you learnt from this EE?
6. If you were able to do your EE again, would you change the research method? Why or why not?
7. Summarize in 2 mins your EE. Imagine you are at a dinner party and the person next to you has asked you about it.
8. How have you developed personally and academically through the process?
9. What advice would give a student at the start of the process?
10. Difficulties- how have you overcome them?
11. Based on your findings in this EE, is / are there any research question(s) for you to investigate in the future?
12. How would your finding(s) apply in the real world situation?
13. In which areas do you find the process satisfying? 14. How have you made an original contribution to knowledge on this subject
15. How valuable is your EE research to society, and in what way?
16. This source here, how did you come across this and how useful was it
17. What skills have you acquired on the way?
18. What difficulties have you overcome?
19. How did your wording of your research question impact on your research and essay writing?
20. What conclusion did you draw?
21. How can you be sure that you are right?
22. Would you please elaborate your ideas in this part?
23. If you could go back in time, what would you do differently?
24. What advice would you give to future EE students?
- To What extent were your initial ideas realized?
- Were your original plans realistic and appropriate?
- What do you think your success were in this process?
- How have you changed since the beginning of the project?
- How has this experience prepared you for future work of this nature?
3rd discussion and reflection (viva voce)Preparation for the final discussion (viva voce)
Supervisors must have already read the final version of the essay, sent to them by the candidate, before this session takes place.
Students should bring the following to this session:
- extracts from their RRS that illustrate how they have grown as learners through the process of reflection
- a willingness to share their personal experience and to discuss the skills and development of conceptual understandings that they have acquired through the completion of the extended essay.
Final formal discussion (viva voce)
The viva voce is a short interview between the student and the supervisor, and is the mandatory conclusion to the extended essay process. Students who do not attend the viva voce will be disadvantaged under criterion E (engagement) as the Reflections on planning and progress form will be incomplete.
The viva voce is conducted once the student has uploaded the final version of their extended essay to the IB for assessment. At this point in the process no further changes can be made to the essay. The viva voce is a celebration of the completion of the essay and a reflection on what the student has learned from the process.
The viva voce is:
- an opportunity to ask the student a variety of open-ended questions to elicit holistic evidence of the student’s learning experience.
- an opportunity for the supervisor to confirm the authenticity of the student’s ideas and sources
- an opportunity to reflect on successes and difficulties encountered in the research process
- an aid to the supervisor’s comments on the Reflections on planning and progress form.
Following the viva voce, the student is required to complete the final section of the Reflections on planning and progress form . This is on ManageBac, and should not be more than 200 words. Once completed it is dated and signed off by the supervisor, who must then add their own supervisors report.
A blank or unsubmitted RPPF will score a 0 for criterion E (worth 18% of the EE grade).
Possible guiding questions for your third discussion (viva voce):
1. What is / are your findings in this EE?
2. If I were to tell you that the EE was actually 8000 words and you have another 5 months to work on it, how would you expand it?
3. When you think back over this whole project and process, what are you most proud of?
4. Is/Are there any limitations in your research? If yes, would you please talk about it/them and how can you solve it/them in the future?
5. What skills have you learnt from this EE?
6. If you were able to do your EE again, would you change the research method? Why or why not?
7. Summarize in 2 mins your EE. Imagine you are at a dinner party and the person next to you has asked you about it.
8. How have you developed personally and academically through the process?
9. What advice would give a student at the start of the process?
10. Difficulties- how have you overcome them?
11. Based on your findings in this EE, is / are there any research question(s) for you to investigate in the future?
12. How would your finding(s) apply in the real world situation?
13. In which areas do you find the process satisfying? 14. How have you made an original contribution to knowledge on this subject
15. How valuable is your EE research to society, and in what way?
16. This source here, how did you come across this and how useful was it
17. What skills have you acquired on the way?
18. What difficulties have you overcome?
19. How did your wording of your research question impact on your research and essay writing?
20. What conclusion did you draw?
21. How can you be sure that you are right?
22. Would you please elaborate your ideas in this part?
23. If you could go back in time, what would you do differently?
24. What advice would you give to future EE students?