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DP1 - EE Cafe
Preparing to meet with your supervisor
Preparing to meet with your supervisor
Before meeting with your supervisor you should...
Deliver them a work-in-progress essay, outline, or excerpts from your Essay (if these are things you hope to discuss in your meeting.)
Go through the preparation material on this page so that you come ready for your meeting. Be aware that you MUST discuss your research question, research, and the status of your essay's argument.
Communicate with your supervisor about anything in particular you hope to discuss -- they will have a received a general overview of the agenda based on IB's EE guidelines, but it will help them if you let them know about particular areas where you need help or advice beforehand.
NOTE: Your supervisor cannot give you feedback on a partial draft of the essay. You can bring things you'd like to discuss, but they are ONLY allowed to give feedback ONE time and ONLY on a completed draft.
Your preparations
Your preparations
You must discuss the following...
The quality and appropriateness of your research question -- this is strongly linked to Criteria A and the quality of the question has a significant effect on the overall essay
The research you have done. How many sources you have, the quality of your sources, how you are evaluating sources, how you are using these sources in your essay.
For those of you doing an experiment, this should also include a discussion of the data you are gathering and the value of that data. The design of the experiment and potential limitations should also be discussed.
Your essay's argument: since the EE aims to answer your research question, you and your supervisor need to discuss your essay's main idea and how it will be supported. It is totally normal for this part of the essay to still be a bit "rough." Remember that arguments evolve as you gather more information and make connections between your sources and/or the data you have. The way you present your argument is also likely to benefit from the feedback you receive after submitting your EE draft in October.
Similar to the first reflection, use the document below to help you prepare. You should not (and likely cannot) talk about everything in this document, but it's important to discuss the ones that are most relevant to you, your work, and the status of your EE.
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