2009-2010 IB-Psychology Test Results - Great Job AST!

The American School of Tegucigalpa had 51 juniors who completed the Internal Assessment and sat for the year-end exams. (32 students were IB Diploma Candidates and 19 students were Certificate Candidates.)


Internal Assessment:  AST had 22 students that earned a grade of 7 on the Internal Assessment!  An additional 14 students earned a score of 6 and ten more came in with a very respectable score of 5. There were also three students who scored 4 on their paper.  Great job everyone.   One student submitted a perfect paper with a moderated mark of 20/20!  Two others came in with marks of 19/20 and three submitted papers earning 18/20. 


Overall Scores:  Of the 51 students who sat for papers 1 & 2 of the exam, 73% (37 students) passed with a grade of 4 or higher.  We had three 6's and one 7 on paper number 2. 


Great results for a great class of IB students - now, on to 2011!

Study Materials for the IB Psych Exam

Strengths and Limitations of Experimental Methodology:
http://www.holah.karoo.net/evaluationofexperiment.htm


Learning Perspective Information:
http://www.internationalcounselor.org/Psych/learning_perspective.htm

http://www.slideshare.net/Tank/learning-perspective-2008-presentation


Biological Perspective Information:
http://www.internationalcounselor.org/Psych/Biological/biological_review%20notes.htm

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-biological-perspective.htm

http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/aSGuest1160-96065-biological-perspective-overview-science-technology-ppt-powerpoint/



Cognitive Perspective Information:
http://testbed.cis.drexel.edu/I625/Basics_Cognitive_Perspective.pdf

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-different-types-of-cognitive-treatment.htm

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http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1981019,00.html

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1926222,00.html

http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;101/4/723

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http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1978589,00.html

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http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/03/01/the-myth-of-depressions-upside/