the international baccalaureate is a non-profit organization founded in 1968. it has 3 programs...
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The International Baccalaureate is a non-profit organization founded in 1968.
It has 3 programs (Early / Middle / Diploma) which are currently taught in over 3600 schools in 146 countries to over 1,100,000 students.
Its aims are to help to develop the personal, emotional and social skills to be able to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalizing world.
International Baccalaureate
IB Learner ProfileInquirersInquirers Develop natural curiosity
KnowledgeableKnowledgeable Explore ideas, locally and nationally
ThinkersThinkers Apply critical and creative thinking skills
CommunicatorsCommunicators Have ability to express ideas with confidence
PrincipledPrincipled Act with integrity and honesty
Open-MindedOpen-Minded Are open to ideas, traditions and values of other communities
CaringCaring Show empathy, compassion and respect towards others
Risk-takersRisk-takers Approach unfamiliar situations with courage and forethought
BalancedBalanced Understand the importance of an intellectual, physical and emotional balance
ReflectiveReflective Give thoughtful consideration to their own learning and experience
TOK
TOK is all about what we know and how do we know it.
The ways of knowing are language, sense perception, emotion, reason, imagination,
faith, intuition, and memory.
Computer Science
New Program
First exams May 2014
Joins the Experimental Sciences
• Changes from Group 5 to Group 4 as an non- elective subject (= can be taken instead of a science)
• Has to have options
• Has to participate in the Group 4 project
We have options
• Students (or more likely schools) must select one of following four options to study, in addition to the common program
• Object Oriented Programming (Java)
• Web Science
• Simulation and Modelling
• Databases
Project
• Common Assessment Criteria for both SL and HL
• No more mastery aspects
• Project can focus on one of the four options
• Project to be submitted digitally
Programming Language
• All students have to study a programming language
• But it does have to be Java?
• Yes, if the option is OOP (otherwise no)
• Algorithmic questions will be written in pseudocode (except for Paper 2 OOP)
Case Study
• It’s radically different
• Only for HL students
• Of a specific topic well beyond the depth presently required
• There will be a new Case Study every year
New Assessment Model
• SLP1 and HLP1 similar to present papers 1 and 2 (except no Case Study questions)
• SLP2 and HLP2 based on the option chosen
• HLP3 Case Study
Paper 1 – The CoreSL + HL HL only
Topic 1 – Systems Fundamentals
Topic 5– Abstract Data Structures
Topic 2 – Computer Organization
Topic 6 – Resource Management
Topic 3 – Networks Topic 7 – Control
Topic 4 – Computational Thinking
Paper 2 – Option Paper SL + HL with additional questions for HL
Option A Databases
Option B Modeling and Simulation
Option C Web Science
Option D OOP
Paper 3 – Case Study
High Level students only
in-depth research topic
marked externally
Internal Assessment
a) Practical project
Assessed internally
Moderated externally
b) Group 4 project
Assessed internally
Moderated internally
Computer Science AssessmentStandard Level (150 hours) Higher Level (240 hours)
Paper 1 45 % 1 hr 30 m Paper 1 40 % 2 hr 10 m
Paper 2 25 % 1 hr Paper 2 20 % 1 hr 20 m
Paper 3 20 % 1 hr
IA 25.5 % IA 17 %
G4 Pr 4.5 % G4 Pr 3 %
Paper 1: The Core Topics (SL paper is a subset of the HL paper)
Paper 2: Option Paper (SL paper is a subset of the HL paper)
Paper 3: The Case Study (HL only)