External Evaluation of the European Baccalaureate (Annexes)
External Evaluation of the European Baccalaureate (Annexes)
External Evaluation of the European Baccalaureate (Annexes)
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1.9.3 Doc 1.6<br />
<strong>Evaluation</strong> - Geography<br />
• Both cover a range <strong>of</strong> scales from local to regional to global.<br />
• Both have topics <strong>of</strong> choice within <strong>the</strong> syllabus.<br />
• EB has a core content <strong>of</strong> 2 modules and 6 <strong>the</strong>mes. Plus an in depth study <strong>of</strong> 2 from a<br />
list <strong>of</strong> 15 optional <strong>the</strong>mes.<br />
• LC has Core 1 (physical) and Core 2 (regional) and allows a choice from 2 Electives<br />
(one to be studied) and a choice from 4 Options (one to be studied).<br />
• EB is assessed over 2 yrs ( examinations in each <strong>of</strong> 2 yrs,<br />
• LC is assessed in one final exam at <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 2 nd year. Apart from <strong>the</strong> GI which<br />
is written up beforehand.<br />
• EB is more limited in that only 2 Qs have to be answered in <strong>the</strong> 3 hour exam.<br />
• LC requires 5 Qs to be answered in 2 hours and 50 min.<br />
• EB A number <strong>of</strong> examiners are involved in <strong>the</strong> examination between class teachers,<br />
written examiners and oral examiners.<br />
• LC One examiner mars all.<br />
• EB Physical geography is less important than human.<br />
• LC has physical in Core 1, and Optional units 7 and 9.<br />
• Skills are important in both, being taught as units and integrated into all aspects <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
course.<br />
• EB. Certain topics are dealt with in certain years eg year 6 or 7.<br />
• LC. The teacher has total freedom to work through <strong>the</strong> course in any order.<br />
• Both allow teacher interpretation <strong>of</strong> what is covered within topics. In LC settings are<br />
provided as egs and are not prescriptive. Teachers may also choose <strong>the</strong>ir own case<br />
studies.<br />
• EB has more stimuli in each Q with a number <strong>of</strong> photos, charts etc per Q.<br />
• LC Here this is more limited.. However similar stimuli are used in <strong>the</strong> form <strong>of</strong> photos,<br />
aerial photos, maps, a variety <strong>of</strong> charts etc.<br />
• EB The field work is “strongly recommended”.<br />
• LC. The GI is compulsory.<br />
• EB Difficult to understand breakdown <strong>of</strong> marks as only final mark is shown.<br />
• LC. Lots <strong>of</strong> 30m are divided into SRPs <strong>of</strong> 2m each. Many students now lay out <strong>the</strong><br />
answers in bullet points to match <strong>the</strong> SRPs. When <strong>the</strong> paper is marked it can be<br />
clearly seen where marks were allowed. The GI is mostly marked in <strong>the</strong> same way.<br />
• Standards seem much <strong>the</strong> same on both EB and LC. However <strong>the</strong> GI which usually<br />
merits a high mark can bring a weak script up to quite a high grade.<br />
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