IB skill practice

Build an annotated bibliography and source-gap plan

Extended Essay practice that supports independent research planning, subject-method alignment, academic integrity, source judgement, analysis, reflection, and viva voce preparation without writing essay prose for the student.

Ee Process 5 marks Difficulty 3

Extended Essay practice: Build an annotated bibliography and source-gap plan

A student is building an annotated bibliography for an EE about "how leadership changes affected staff motivation in a sports club" after gathering volunteer rosters, interview notes, and club meeting minutes. Choose the route that makes the source base useful for research decisions. Select the bibliography source, annotation, bibliography gap, and next source step. Then answer this in your own words: why would this route keep the EE research process focused and authentic? AI will analyse your reasoning, evidence, research judgement, documentation, reflection quality, and expression.

Worked practice: build the decision

Work through the Extended Essay decision: subject fit, evidence handling, analysis or synthesis, then an integrity or reflection check.