three: The Ultimate Student's Guide to Acing the Extended Essay and Theory of Knowledge

by Alexander Zouev

UPDATE: THIS BOOK HAS BEEN REVISED TO REFLECT THE MOST RECENT CHANGES IN EXTENDED ESSAY AND THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE GUIDELINES AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA FOR THE 2009 ACADEMIC YEAR ONWARDS . This is an academic book aimed at students following the IB Diploma program. The book can be used as a guide revealing how to obtain top marks in the Theory of Knowledge and Extended Essay components of the program. In this to-the-point manual students will uncover all of the secrets that will allow them to gain the three additional points with relative ease. This book is filled with practical hints, tips and suggestions that the IB didn't want you to know. Please visit www.ibguide.org for supplementary downloads. 'About the Author' Alexander Zouev completed the IB diploma program in 2007 with a total of 43 points including the maximum three additional points obtained for his grade A Extended Essay and grade A Theory of Knowledge work. Now, studying at Oxford University, he has become inspired to return to the world of the IB and compile a tell-all book containing the secrets behind doing well in the program.

124 pages, Paperback

First published November 17, 2008

About the author

Alexander Zouev completed the IB Diploma Program in 2007 with a total of 43 points. He went on to read Economics and Management at the University of Oxford and thereafter worked at one of the largest independent IB tutoring agencies before tutoring freelance. He has published seven guidebooks specifically for the IB Diploma, and has tutored over 200 students in IB Economics and Mathematics, as well as overseen hundreds of Theory of Knowledge and Extended Essay assignments. Over the last year, he has developed a smartphone app for IB students to connect with each other to ask and answer questions. The smartib app has helped over 10,000 IB students in its first year.

Reviews

[Liam O'Leary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple, timeless advice that secured my 3 points on IB EE+TOK about 7 years ago.

There's no trick or secret, really, but this will help you know how to organize your work and stop you getting overwhelmed by the lack of perspective due to the ambiguous marking scheme.

If you want to really succeed at TOK, read this and find a copy of Philosophy: 100 Essential Thinkers by Philip Stokes to skim-read as a resource for the question and presentation.

[Elaine Fong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Practical, direct and entertaining read. The only thing I did not agree with was writing on something that you cannot find a lot of research on. Since the assessment criteria, both the old and new one, require one to demonstrate a knowledge of a variety of academic sources, with the possible exception of Lang and Lit papers, I don't think this is wise and will lose you a lot of marks since it impacts on many criteria.

Otherwise, it sounds a lot like me talking when I teach kids about the EE, maybe that's why I like it so much?

[Charly · Rating 5 out of 5]

There are only two books worth owning: “the suble art of not giving a fuck”, “Three” and I keep forgetting the third.