One-year Standard Level teaching plan for the new psychology curriculum – updated!

The IB does not recommend that the Psychology SL course is taught in one year only. However, I am aware that some teachers are in the position of having to do that. Naturally, this will require more hours than the 3 hours weekly that is sufficient for the two-year course. Below, please find a plan for 4.5 hours weekly (approximately … Read More

IA Experiment -time to write an awesome analysis!

So, you prepared all your forms and materials, gained permission, set up the classroom[s] and conducted your experiment and you have anonymised raw data for the two conditions. This has to be analysed, firstly with descriptive statistics, according to the type of data. Nominal: organised by category – yes/no, A/B or positive/negative. Example: the framing effect asks participants to choose … Read More