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IB Learner Profile InquirersDevelop natural curiosity KnowledgeableExplore ideas, locally and nationally ThinkersApply critical and creative thinking skills CommunicatorsHave ability to express ideas with confidence PrincipledAct with integrity and honesty Open-MindedAre open to ideas, traditions and values of other communities CaringShow empathy, compassion and respect towards others Risk-takersApproach unfamiliar situations with courage and forethought BalancedUnderstand the importance of an intellectual, physical and emotional balance ReflectiveGive 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 Core SL + HLHL only Topic 1 – Systems Fundamentals Topic 5– Abstract Data Structures Topic 2 – Computer Organization Topic 6 – Resource Management Topic 3 – NetworksTopic 7 – Control Topic 4 – Computational Thinking

Paper 2 – Option Paper SL + HL with additional questions for HL Option ADatabases Option BModeling and Simulation Option CWeb Science Option DOOP

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 Assessment Standard Level (150 hours)Higher Level (240 hours) Paper 145 %1 hr 30 mPaper 140 %2 hr 10 m Paper 225 %1 hrPaper 220 %1 hr 20 m Paper 320 %1 hr IA25.5 % IA17 % 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)