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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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