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Review: Definitions and Assumptions in Extended Essays

Apply identify a definition strategy, identify a hidden assumption, recognize an essay development pattern, interpret an ambiguity using supplied texts and original responses.

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Unit review questions
1. Original excerpt A: Boundary example: the sheet exists online, but its unlabelled diagram cannot convey essential information through the learner’s stated text-only setup. Use excerpt A only. Which definition strategy is supported by the excerpt?
Need a hint?
  • A counting rule is an operational definition.
  • One example alone may not establish all boundaries.
2. Original excerpt B: The plan requires a quiet private room at home without checking whether one is available. Use excerpt B only. Which assumption is explicitly needed for the inference?
Need a hint?
  • Self-report may differ from observed behavior.
  • A requirement on paper does not prove resources exist.
3. Original excerpt C: Calling a page available is like saying a doorway is open. Yet entering does not guarantee understanding: text access and response methods differ from physical passage. The analogy illustrates one shared feature with these limits. Use excerpt C only. Which development pattern is supplied?
Need a hint?
  • An analogy clarifies similarity without proving identical behavior.
  • Exceptions can refine a claim instead of simply destroying it.
4. Original excerpt D: Jo thanked Lea after she read the card; she could refer to either person. Use excerpt D only. What ambiguity is supported by the excerpt?
Need a hint?
  • It needs an identifiable referent.
  • Clarification should not invent evidence about cause.

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Use the skills in a new task

Make a short complete response demonstrating the four skills in this unit. Write a short original essay defining accessible practice using a category, distinguishing features and a boundary case. Supplied contrast: a page may be available but unreadable with its current text size. State two assumptions and a bounded analogy. Do not treat availability, use and successful learning as the same measure. Longer writing targets in optional extensions can be completed in a later session.

Work on paper or in your own document. Explain the choices you made.

  • Use the supplied strategy and explain what it clarifies. Identify any boundary the definition leaves open.
  • Trace the stated inference and identify the condition required by the supplied case. Explain what changes if it fails.
  • Identify the supplied pattern and its organizing rule. Evaluate whether details actually serve it.
  • Use the stated competing readings. Revise only the ambiguous element while preserving the established information.
Compare with a model response

Accessible practice is an activity whose essential information and response method a learner can use in the stated setting. A page merely available online but unreadable at its current size is a boundary case. This definition assumes suitable text access and an available response method, not measured learning success. Like a doorway, availability can be an opening while usability depends on whether someone can pass; the analogy does not prove identical mechanisms. Participation and demonstrated learning remain distinct.

A different response can also meet the criteria. Compare the evidence and reasoning, rather than copying the wording.