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MAPPING OUT THE IB PSYCHOLOGY INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
angela chamosfakidis, M.Ed. American Community Schools (ACS) Athens, Greece
Presentation overview: Writing in the field of Psychology
Thispresenta,ongivesanoverviewof thedevelopmentof scien/ficwri/ng skills for IBPsychologystudents.Manyoftheorganiza,onalelementsthatapplytoacademicwri,ngmay be incorporated in psychological wri,ng: formula,ng a thesis, suppor,ng it withevidence,presen,ngcounterarguments.Theseskillsprovideafounda,onforIBcandidatesto approach wri,ng in the field of psychology. When wri,ng in psychology a strongemphasis is alsoplacedon research, and students areexpected to focuson synthesizingandcri,callyevalua,ngresearchstudies,aswellasconnec,ngcoursematerialwithcurrentscien,fic literature. Psychological wri,ng is based on the American PsychologicalAssocia,onstyle(APA).Thisstyleofwri,ngmayseemdryatfirstbutsoonaHerresultsinclear,informa,ve,scien,ficreports.Yet,inreality…
�Crea/vityinpsychologytendstocomefromtheideasbehindthewri/ng,notwri/ngitself�(Carsonetal.,2012).
Therefore, the framework presented aims at the development of specific research andwri,ngskillsforYear1andYear2IBPsychologyACSstudentswhoaKendgrades11thand12th.Thisprocesshighlightsinpar,culartheIBPsychologyInternalAssessment,ascien,ficreportofareplica,onofasimplepsychologicalexperiment.
JUSTIFICATION
Assessment for the subject of IB Psychology isessay-basedand it appears thatthebe8erthewri:ngskillsofacandidate,thebe8erhis/hergradeclassifica:on.
Clear thinking leads to clear wri:ng, just as clear wri:ng leads to be8er
understanding.
"Ifanymanwishestowriteinaclearstyle,
lethimfirstbeclearinhisthoughts"
JohannWolfgangvonGoethe
Wri0ng skillsappear tobenecessary for employment.According to research, a
third of all workers fall short of employers' expecta:ons in wri5encommunica0on skills (Read, 2004). Apparently wri:ng ability is one of thequali:esmostsoughtaPeringraduateemployees.
THE IB PSYCHOLOGY INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
“TheInternalassessmentisanintegralpartofthecourseandiscompulsoryforbothStandardLevel(SL)
andHigherLevel(HL) students. Itenables students todemonstrate theapplica1onof their skillsandknowledge,andtopursuetheirpersonalinterests,withouttheAmelimitaAonsandotherconstraints
thatareassociatedwithwriBenexaminaAons(…)
For the internal assessment students are required to plan, undertake and report a replica1on of asimpleexperimentalstudy(...)AddiAonalrequirementsaremadeofHLstudents,forexample,theyare
requiredtoapplyaninferen1alsta1s1caltesttothedatatheygather”.
Theexperimentalmethod
FortheIBDiplomaProgrammepsychologycourse,theexperimentalmethodisdefinedasrequiring:
ò themanipulaAonofoneindependentvariablewhileothervariablesarekeptconstant
ò themeasurementoftheeffectoftheindependentvariableononedependentvariable.
IBOPsychologySubjectGuide
STEPS OF THE WRITING PROCESS: THE IMPORTANCE OF READING AND REFLECTING
Themoreonereadsthebe.eronewrites. Inordertolearntowritewell inpsychologyone needs to be well informed about the topic under inves8ga8on. Reading andreflec6ngonotherresearchers’workleadstoanawarenessofstrengthsandlimita8onsinone’sownwork.
Reading sources cri8cally, reviewing ar8cles, reflec8ng on authors’ hypotheses andmethodologies, evalua8ngappropriatenessof sample and samplingmethods, showcasecri6calthinkingskillswhichareofutmostimportanceintheprocessofscien6ficwri6ng.
AcademicHonestyPolicy
“IB learners strive to be principled: They act with integrity and honesty, with a strongsense of fairness, jus8ce and respect for the dignity of the individual, groups andcommuni8es. They take responsibility for their own ac8ons and the consequences thataccompanythem”(IBOPsychologySubjectGuide).
SELECTED REFERENCES
AmericanPsychologicalAssocia1on.(2009).Publica(onmanualoftheAmericanPsychologicalAssocia(on(6thedi1on).Washington,D.C.:Author
Carson,Sh.etal.(2012).Wri(ngforpsychology:Aguideforpsychologyconcentrators(1sted.).CambridgeMA:HarvardCollege.
Interna1onalBaccalaureate.(2009).Psychologyguide.Firstexamina(ons2011(1sted.).Chippenham,UnitedKingdom:IBO.
Landrum,R.E.(2008).Undergraduatewri(nginpsychology:Learningtotellthescien(ficstory.Washington,DC:AmericanPsychologicalAssocia1on.
Read,M.(2004).Employerssayone-thirdofworkerswri1ngskillsfallbelowjobstandards.AshevilleCi(zenTimes,B7.
STEPS OF THE WRITING PROCESS: THE IMPORTANCE OF READING AND REFLECTING
Themoreonereadsthebe.eronewrites. Inordertolearntowritewell inpsychologyone needs to be well informed about the topic under inves8ga8on. Reading andreflec6ngonotherresearchers’workleadstoanawarenessofstrengthsandlimita8onsinone’sownwork.
Reading sources cri8cally, reviewing ar8cles, reflec8ng on authors’ hypotheses andmethodologies, evalua8ngappropriatenessof sample and samplingmethods, showcasecri6calthinkingskillswhichareofutmostimportanceintheprocessofscien6ficwri6ng.
AcademicHonestyPolicy
“IB learners strive to be principled: They act with integrity and honesty, with a strongsense of fairness, jus8ce and respect for the dignity of the individual, groups andcommuni8es. They take responsibility for their own ac8ons and the consequences thataccompanythem”(IBOPsychologySubjectGuide).
MAPPING OUT THE IB PSYCHOLOGY INTERNAL ASSESSMENT 1st RESEARCH CYCLE:
CONCEPTUALIZING, DESIGNING, READING, & REFLECTING
ò Iden%fyingtheIni%alAreaofInterestò Reviewingthepsychologicalliteratureò Reviewingtheexperimentalmethod
ò DecidingonanExperimentò Performing a complete background literature review of the topic under
inves;ga;onò Iden;fyingtheoriesandresearchstudiesrelatedtothetopic
ò Wri%ngtheIntroduc%onincludingtheHypothesesandAimoftheStudyò Providingcompletereferencesandin-textcita;ons
ò AddressingtheDesignandPar%cipantsSec%onsò Reviewingethicalconsidera;ons
ò Evalua%onofFirstStepsandReflec%ons
MAPPING OUT THE IB PSYCHOLOGY INTERNAL ASSESSMENT 2nd RESEARCH CYCLE:
CONDUCTING THE EXPERIMENT
ò Collec&ngthedataò Checkingthematerialsò Doingapilotstudy
ò Handlingtherawdataò Performingthedescrip8veandinferen8alsta8s8cs
ò Wri&ngtheresultsò Descrip8veò Inferen8al
ò Discussing
ò ProvidingaReferencelist,fullAppendicesandanAbstract
ò Submi@nga1stdraBèReceivingdetailedfeedbackfromtheteacherèStudentreflec&ngèSubmi@ngFinalReport