Samples

Below are the driving questions for sample IAs that have been released by IB. The documents have been annotated to highlight key points. Use each as a guide to help formulate your paper. The score (out of 24) that each IA earned is listed after the driving question.

• To what extent do the different types of feedback (intrinsic feedback, extrinsic video feedback, extrinsic feedback) effect the accuracy of a penalty kick in football taken by a novice athlete 11 meters (+ 1 cm) from the goal line? (17/24)

• Does a continuous 20 shot free-throw trial, increase a boys' varsity basketball player's field goal percentage? (12/24)

• What is the relationship between the angle of the head of the golf clubs and the distance the golf ball travels in a driving range? (16/24)

• What extent does the internal air pressure within a basketball affect the height of bounce? (14/24)

• How does changing the pace of running (0 km/h, 4 km/h, 8 km/h, 12 km/h and 16 km/h) for one entire minute affect one's blood oxygen level when measured with an oxidiser? (10/24)

• To what extent does personality differ in team versus individual athletes? (22/24)

• How do elite athletes choke under high pressure situations? (17/24)

• How do different types of swimwear affect the drag when pushing off the wall in swimming? (17/24)

• How does tennis serve success differ between using a static stretching and dynamic stretching warm-up for female varsity tennis players? (20/24)