Revision

Conumer and Producer Surplus

Some Ideas for revision:

Introduction and price mechanism-marking activity 

Mock Data response paper (90 minutes one question each on international and development)

Common Access resources Question and model Answer

Theory of the firm (HL only)

Timed micro essay in class 

Macro

November 2013 (P1 & 2)

Macro

Specimen Papers

International

Timed International data response

Development

HL Quantitative work (Nov 2013 P3)

ibeconomics-revision-checklist.pdf

Data response guidance.pdf

Exam strategies for Data Response Questions.docx

IB Economics revision videos

GLOSSARY FROM TEXTBOOK.pdf

econ_REV TECHNIQUES.pdf

Evaluate_to_accumulate.pdf

Past questions by syllabus area.doc

economics response terms IB.doc

Economics definitions.pdf

Revision_Efficiency_Types_Exam_Uses.pdf

Shared Student generated resources and ideas page. Please contribute. I have started you off.

Finally:

Students find evaluation the most difficult skill to master. Here are some tips on how to master this important skill:

Evaluation occurs when a judgment is made. It is the weighing or measuring of factors followed by an attempt to give relative weight to those factors. Questions that begin "evaluate", "assess", "critically assess", "discuss" or "to what extent" require students to show their skills of evaluation in order to reach the highest achievement levels.

There are many ways that students can be encouraged to improve their skills of evaluation.

• How does it affect different groups? (Consumers, producers and the Government.)

• When factors such as causes, consequences or remedies are asked for, students should attempt to identify the most important ones and then to justify the reason for the choice.

• When advantages and disadvantages are asked for, students should attempt to identify the most important advantage (or disadvantage) and then justify the reason for the choice.

• When strategies are asked for, students should attempt to assess the short term and long term implications.

• When data is offered, students may question its validity, in terms of whether it is appropriate, whether it is reliable, or whether it is still relevant.

• When summarizing a theory, students may question its validity, in terms of whether it is appropriate, whether it is reliable, or whether it is still relevant.

Evaluation Skills.pdf

Video resources for evaluation skills:

Evaluation Skills

This new series of short videos explores how students can develop the quality of their evaluation in extended responses.

Chains of Reasoning (Analysis)

Depth of analysis is going to be a key differentiator between student responses in June. In each of this new series of videos, Tutor2U takes a single topic question and explores how the chain of reasoning could be developed.