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Internal assessment

detailsSL and HL

PortfolioDuration: 20 hoursWeighting: 20%

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Requirements

Both SL and HL economics studentsproduce a portfolio ofthreecommentaries based on articles

from published news media.

Each article must be based on adifferent section of the syllabus

(microeconomics,

macroeconomics, internationaleconomics and development

economics).

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Articles

The articles may be from anewspaper, a journal or the internet,but must not be from television or

radio

broadcasts. If a student includes arelatively lengthy article, which is very

much discouraged, the student

must highlight the section(s) of thearticle upon which the commentary is

based.

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Focus

Each commentary must:

explain the linkages between the

article and economic theory takenfrom the section of the syllabus onwhich the article is based

demonstrate economic insights intothe implications of the article (that is,it should provide evidence of thestudents ability to discuss current

events from the point of view of an

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On each commentarystudents must record:

the title of the article

the source of the article (including

date of access to the site if from theinternet)

the date the article was published

the date the commentary waswritten

the word count of the commentary

the section of the syllabus to which

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Rubric requirements

If students do not adhere to thefollowing requirements, they can losemarks under criterion F: Rubric B

requirements.

1. Word limit

Students must produce a portfolio ofthree commentaries. Eachcommentary must not exceed 750words

Note: Moderators will not read

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The following are not included in theword count.

Acknowledgments

Contents page

Diagrams Labelsof five words or fewer

Headings on diagramsof 10 words

or fewer

Tables of statistical data

Equations, formulae and calculations

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Please note that footnotes/endnotesmay be used for references only.

Definitions of economic terms andquotations, if used, must be in thebody of the work and are included in

the word count. Please note that a citation is a

shorthand method of making a

reference in the body of thecommentary, which is then linked tothe full reference in the

footnotes/endnotes.

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2. Articles

Each article must be based on adifferent section of the syllabus.

3. Sources

Students must use a different sourcefor each commentary.

4. Contemporary articles

Students need to look for articlesrelating to current events and thesemust be published no earlier than

one year before the writing of the

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ere are ve n ernaassessment criteria for each

commentary

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The maximum for the

portfolio is 45 marks: (14marks x 3 commentaries) +3 marks = 42 + 3 marks.

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Criterion A: Diagrams

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Criterion B: Terminology

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Criterion C: Application

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Criterion D: Analysis

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Criterion E: Evaluation

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-Each commentary does not exceed 750words.

Each article is based on a different sectionof the syllabus. Each article is taken from a different andappropriate source.

Each article was published no earlier thanone year before the writing of the commentary. The summary portfolio coversheet, threecommentary coversheets and the article for

each commentary are included.