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Paper 2 – free response questions on the SSC (32% at SL, 36% at HL) Paper 3 – free response questions on the options (24% at SL, 20% at HL) At the Standard Level, the examinations are respectively 45 minutes, 1 hour and 15 minutes, and 1 hour long. At the Higher Level, they are 1 hour, 2 hours and 15 minutes, and 1 hour and 15 minutes long.
Language A: language and literature is a new course for first examinations 2013, intended to replace the Language A2 course in group 2. [4] The main aim of the course is to "encourage students to question the meaning generated by language and texts, which, it can be argued, is rarely straightforward and unambiguous".
In July 2020, the IB released its results for the Diploma Programme and Career-related Programme candidates enrolled in the May 2020 session. Over 17,000 signatories signed an online petition calling for a clarification of the grading methodology, and free remarking and retesting. [71] Several educators have criticized IB's approach to the 2020 ...
The course World Religions is offered at SL and the interdisciplinary course Environmental Systems and Societies is offered at SL or HL. Group 4: Experimental sciences. Five courses are offered at both SL and HL: chemistry, biology, physics, design technology and computer science. The course Sport, Exercise and Health Science is offered at both ...
Theory of Knowledge is a course created by the IB organization and must not be conceived as pure epistemology. This course involves a process of exploring and sharing students' views on "knowledge questions" (an umbrella term for "everything that can be approached from a TOK point of view"), so "there is no end to the valid questions that may arise", "there are many different ways to approach ...
The transdisciplinary course Literature and Performance (satisfying the requirements of Groups 1 and 6) is also available at Standard Level. [2] Students seeking the IB Diploma may substitute courses from the other five Subject Groups instead of taking a Group 6 course . A school-based syllabus devised by an IB World School, as approved and ...
The Group 5: Mathematics subjects of the IB Diploma Programme consist of two different mathematics courses, both of which can be taken at Standard Level (SL) or Higher Level (HL). [1] To earn an IB Diploma, a candidate must take either Mathematics Applications and Interpretation (SL/HL) or Mathematics Analysis and Approaches (SL/HL), as well as ...
The Language A2 is no longer offered by IB and integrated to Group 1 Language A. [13] Language A2 corresponded to a near-native level of fluency in the foreign language, and as such concentrated less on studying the actual language and more on the literature and culture of the countries where the language is spoken.