{"id":15759,"date":"2026-02-18T10:05:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T01:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/?p=15759"},"modified":"2026-03-02T08:23:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T23:23:18","slug":"four-practicals-one-topic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/2026\/02\/18\/four-practicals-one-topic\/","title":{"rendered":"FOUR Practicals, ONE Topic<\/br>Class Practicals Made Easy<\/font>"},"content":{"rendered":"

The IB’s recommended a different practical for each of the four contexts. However, they recently confirmed that this is only a suggestion. There’s nothing stopping us from running the four practicals on the same<\/span><\/em> topic and context. In this blog post, I’ll outline one potential idea for running four practicals on one topic – technology and attention (Learning and Cognition).<\/strong><\/p>\n

From the IB: “<\/strong>The allocation of research methods to contexts is a recommendation. There will be no penalty if students choose to conduct an interview, for example, in the context of human development rather than health and well-being. However, students must engage with each of the four methods.” (TSM, pg. 48).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Class Practicals: <\/strong>Technology and Attention<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Questionnaire<\/strong><\/h3>\n

#1. Questionnaire<\/strong>: Prevalence of attention symptoms.<\/p>\n

Context:\u00a0<\/strong>The following is designed to be a simple survey led by the teacher and conducted in one class session.<\/p>\n

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The questionnaire may be the easiest practical to conduct, but the hardest to write about.<\/p><\/div>\n

Aim: <\/strong>To investigate the prevalence of attention symptoms in a sample of IB Psychology students.<\/p>\n

Procedures:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n