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This book is a complete to-the-point manual to maximizing your marks in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program.
Due to the unprecedented success of his previous IB guidebook, 45 Tips, Tricks, and Secrets for the Successful International Baccalaureate [IB] Student, Alexander Zouev has returned to compile a book that reveals more secrets to succeeding in the rigorous academic program. This is a book aimed at students struggling in the IB Diploma program who wish to maximise their potential with minimal hassle. In this to-the-point manual, students will uncover all of the secrets that will allow them to gain 35+ points with relative ease. This book is filled with practical hints, tips, and suggestions that most IB students ignore.
This guide is written for IB Diploma students who wish to further their studies at the world's top universities. We explain and advise on the various application processes for universities in the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, and many more. This book is unique in that it focuses on how you, as an IB student, can use your background in the Diploma program to make your application stand out. There are also specific chapters on getting the best teacher references, how to write a top tier personal statement, and how to tackle Oxford and Cambridge applications. In 250 pages, we guide you through the most difficult aspects of applying to university and offer our unique advice on how to maximize the success rate of your applications. In the last 15 years, the authors have helped over 500 IB students with their university applications - including overseeing over 50 successful applications to Oxbridge. This book is a culmination of their insider knowledge and advice on how to get your application to the top of the pile and secure your spot at your dream university.
For students studying the new Language A Language and Literature syllabus for the IB Diploma. Written by an experienced, practising IB English teacher, this new title is an in-depth and accessible guide for Standard and Higher Level students of the new Language A Language and Literature syllabus for the IB Diploma. This lively, well structured coursebook is available in both print and e-book formats and includes: key concepts in studying language and literature; text extracts from World literature (in English and in translation); international media and language sources; a wide variety of activities to build skills; materials for exam preparation; guidance on assessment; Theory of Knowledge links; and Extended essay opportunities.
This book contains seven excellent Internal Assessments (IA) for the IB Biology course. Our goal is to help you understand how success is achieved in the IA so that you can go on to obtain a similar result. Alongside these IAs is a clear and comprehensive guide on how to write yours, including everything from how to choose an interesting topic to how to integrate the IA with your studies and the syllabus. The guide also includes links to various online resources which may help you achieve the maximum mark. Sections include: - Structure: how to plan your Biology IA the ideal way - Ideas: an exhaustive list of excellent sources and websites - Assessment: maximizing your marks with one eye on the grading criterion - Technology: what tools can be used to improve your IA Our guide makes frequent reference to the grading matrix and the format that your IA should follow, as well as highlighting details which you must bear in mind when carrying out your investigation. EIB Education (Elite IB Tutors) are a globally recognized authority in the International Baccalaureate. Having supported thousands of students across 40 countries in the past 7 years, EIB supports students, families and schools through the entire IB journey.
This book contains seven excellent Internal Assessments (IA) for the IB Chemistry course. Our goal is to help you understand how success is achieved in the IA so that you can go on to obtain a similar result. Alongside these IAs is a clear and comprehensive guide on how to write yours, including everything from how to choose an interesting topic to how to integrate the IA with your studies and the syllabus. The guide also includes links to various online resources which may help you achieve the maximum mark. Sections include: - Structure: how to plan your Chemistry IA the ideal way - Ideas: an exhaustive list of excellent sources and websites - Assessment: maximizing your marks with one eye on the grading criterion - Technology: what tools can be used to improve your IA Our guide makes frequent reference to the grading matrix and the format that your IA should follow, as well as highlighting details which you must bear in mind when carrying out your investigation. EIB Education (Elite IB Tutors) are a globally recognized authority in the International Baccalaureate. Having supported thousands of students across 40 countries in the past 7 years, EIB supports students, families and schools through the entire IB journey.
The majority of professors have never had a formal course in education, and the most common method for learning how to teach is on-the-job training. This represents a challenge for disciplines with ever more complex subject matter, and a lost opportunity when new active learning approaches to education are yielding dramatic improvements in student learning and retention. This book aims to cover all aspects of teaching engineering and other technical subjects. It presents both practical matters and educational theories in a format useful for both new and experienced teachers. It is organized to start with specific, practical teaching applications and then leads to psychological and educational theories. The "practical orientation" section explains how to develop objectives and then use them to enhance student learning, and the "theoretical orientation" section discusses the theoretical basis for learning/teaching and its impact on students. Written mainly for PhD students and professors in all areas of engineering, the book may be used as a text for graduate-level classes and professional workshops or by professionals who wish to read it on their own. Although the focus is engineering education, most of this book will be useful to teachers in other disciplines. Teaching is a complex human activity, so it is impossible to develop a formula that guarantees it will be excellent. However, the methods in this book will help all professors become good teachers while spending less time preparing for the classroom. This is a new edition of the well-received volume published by McGraw-Hill in 1993. It includes an entirely revised section on the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and new sections on the characteristics of great teachers, different active learning methods, the application of technology in the classroom (from clickers to intelligent tutorial systems), and how people learn.
Towns and villages are sometimes viewed as minor, even quaint, spots, whereas this book boldly reconceptualizes these places as important dynamic environmental 'hotspots'. Multitudes of towns and villages with nearly half the world's population characterize perhaps half the global land surface. The book's pages feature ecological patterns, processes, and change, as well as human dimensions, both within towns and in strong connections and effects on surrounding agricultural land, forest land, and arid land. Towns, small to large, and villages are examined with spatial and cultural lenses. Ecological dimensions - water, soil and air systems, together with habitats, plants, wildlife and biodiversity - are highlighted. A concluding section presents concepts for making better towns and better land. From a pioneer in both landscape ecology and urban ecology, this highly international town ecology book opens an important frontier for researchers, students, professors, and professionals including environmental, town, and conservation planners.
This volume offers critical analysis of national school reform policies intended to align with global agendas to promote educational quality and equity. By uniquely foregrounding the need for education reform to nurture child well-being alongside traditional measures of academic achievement, the book identifies common challenges across the Global North and South and extends insights provided by international student assessment data. Chapters offer a close analysis of reform practices in countries in Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas to consider cultural, social, political, and functional aspects which drive or inhibit the success of reform initiatives. Providing excellent insights into holistic education for children and youth, this book highlights lessons to support global efforts in providing high-quality, equitable education for the whole child. Developing international knowledge and supplementing international data, this volume will be of interest to students, scholars, and researchers with an interest in education policy, as well as comparative and international education.
