Talk:IB Group 5 subjects

why no information on the CRS classes?

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So Further Math SL...

So Further Math doesn't count as Group 5

It does, and it's discussed under the section "Further Mathematics" Splat 00:39, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

CS

Computer Science is also part of IB group 5 projects. There is nothing written about it in here.

NO! CS is has moved COMPLETLY to group 5. Last exams with CS being a g4 will be written in the november session 2013. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.58.175.150 (talk) 20:13, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

History

the entire history section is wrong. what is studied in the papers is incorrect as are the lengths of the exams. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.194.34.195 (talk) 20:33, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi I am fahad

Ansarifahad7788 (talk) 14:14, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

Fairly significant restructuring

There had been no edits to this article since February, but I thought it warranted some significant overhauls. I went through and restructured the placement of the information for each of the 4 courses, listing them in order from lesser difficulty to greater difficulty (this just seems a lot more logical, at least to me).

I also edited the information about Mathematics SL and HL to clarify it and bring it up to date. Furthermore, I thought that a table would be the best way to clarify the external assessment structure. The previous presentation of this information has long seemed a bit cluttered and unclear to me--no offense is intended to those who made earlier edits, of course!

I plan to come back later this week (maybe tomorrow) and do the same thing with the Mathematical Studies SL and Further Mathematics SL sections, and perhaps mention that a change from SL to HL is being considered for Further Mathematics in a few years. Also, it appears that some of the information about Math Studies SL is false (that this course also adopted the new external assessment model now used by Math SL and HL).

It also seems to me that the section on calculators needs to be rewritten. I don't think it's necessary to get into the weeds about PRFs and such, but I do think that information about what types of calculators are/are not authorized is good to include.

It was pointed out earlier that we don't yet include any information about Computer Science SL and HL. I don't have a lot of experience with these courses, so I would hope that someone else can come in and edit that part of the article. CinchBug | Talk 23:43, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

One more note: I think I can find the references we need to cite. We can't link directly to secure/private pages on the OCC, but I should think that we can legitimately reference the paper documents/guides without any problem. I'll look this up in the help files and try to get that done in the next couple of days, too. CinchBug | Talk 00:05, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

I updated and corrected the curriculum composition and assessment information for Math Studies SL. I have inserted a direct quote from the Math Studies SL Subject Guide, but I have yet to provide the citation. Right now, I'm going to look up how to properly enter that citation and the other citations that are needed. Once that's done, I plan to update the information for Further Math SL and the calculator section. CinchBug | Talk 14:35, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Citations

Okay, so far I've put in citations for all of the information referenced in the Math Studies SL section. I used the following source document from the IB:

Diploma Program, Mathematical Studies SL, First Examinations 2006 (2004). International Baccalaureate Organization. Cardiff, Wales, UK.

When researching how Wikipedia wants us to provide citations and references, I noted that they discourage the usage of "Ibid" when referencing the same source, since these types of references could be so easily broken on Wikipedia. However, in this particular case, I think it is both useful and justifiable, since all of the information in one section (e.g. Mathematical Studies SL) is likely to come from a single source only. I may need to temporarily abandon this process when providing citations for the Math SL and HL section, since that info comes from two different publications (one for Math SL and one for Math HL). But for all of the other sections, I think it should work just fine.

I'm going to ask a couple of other editors to check the method/style of my references before providing any more of them--I don't want to spend all of that time typing in these citations only to later find out that I've been doing it all wrong! CinchBug | Talk 15:24, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks to TFOWR for suggesting a more comprehensive--yet still very simple to use--method of citing the same source multiple times! It eliminates any concerns we might otherwise have about the "Ibid" chains getting broken. I've changed the citations for Math Studies SL to use this format and will get to work inserting the citations for Math SL and HL. CinchBug | Talk 16:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

All citations for Math SL and Math HL have been inserted. CinchBug | Talk 18:09, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Further Math SL section updated, to include citations. CinchBug | Talk 21:41, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Calculator section edited and updated, to include citations. I included a fair amount of information about the IB's calulator regulations--in fact, it may be too much. Does anyone have any suggestions? Trim it a bit?

Also, do we need to include information about specific models of Casio GDCs? I was worried that listing all 11 recommended Casio models was too much. But I also don't want this to be an advertisement for Texas Instruments. Perhaps we should include three different Casio models (since there are three TI models listed) and then say, "and 8 other Casio non-CAS GDCs." Opinions?

Is anyone out there? Echo... CinchBug | Talk 12:36, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

I just made a handful of other minor changes, including a rephrasing of part of the calculator section, specifically with regards to the apps that must be removed--I never liked the way I expressed it the first time, to be honest. Hopefully it's better now. Regards, CinchBug | Talk 00:18, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi CinchBug---thought I'd check out "your" page and say "bonjour." Looks like you could use some company. Anyway, I made a minor spelling edit. I will use this as a model to work on the group 2 page. I like what you've done with the place, btw...

Cheers! La mome (talk) 01:10, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, La mome! I'm usually a pretty good "speller," but I appreciate the correction. I'm glad that you approve of the general format. Anyway, thanks! Accuracy is always best, CinchBug | Talk 02:46, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Comment

I believe what should be referenced for HL Maths is that the course is generally offered to student acheiving an A* at IGCSE. Abhijay ^{Let's talk} 08:57, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Update Computer Science

AFAIK, Computer Science has moved from Group 5 to Group 4. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Liamzebedee (talk • contribs) 00:33, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

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New Mathematics Courses

Should we add a section that explains that all of the information will be deprecated for the next academic school year as there will be new math courses? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lorenzoi (talk • contribs) 09:33, 16 April 2019 (UTC)