Introduction to the Extended Essay

The Extended Essay (EE) is a 4,000-word piece of independent research on a question you choose yourself, and a core requirement of the IB Diploma Programme. This introduction explains what the EE involves, and the four sprints that follow take you from a first research question through to a polished submission.

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