Extended Essay workshop

The Extended Essay is a formal piece of 4000-word academic writing

• True

• False

Assessment of the extended essay is ........................................

• formative assessment

• summative assessment

• a combination of formative assessment and summative assessment

The Extended Essay must be in a DP subject .

• Yes

• No

Footnotes, endnotes and appendices are used for referencing alone, they are not part of the word-count.

• True

• False

Reference to external sources or supplementary information is not permitted and examiners will not access them.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Irrespective of the subject, the extended essay should be a complete piece of independent research, modelled on an academic journal/research paper, which can exist and be understood on its own, without the need to access external links, such as hyperlinks, or accompanying material such as DVDs.

Examiners won’t read or assess any material in excess of the word limit. This means that essays containing more than 4,000 words will be compromised across all assessment criteria.

• True

• False