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OGC Extended Essay: Design Technology

 Design Technology: Overview 

 

Requirements for a Design Technology EE

The Subject-Specific Guidance page for your chosen subject is THE KEY to ensuring your paper meets the requirements. Print, highlight, and annotate this page and pin it above your desk!

The Command Terms are the key terms and phrases used in examination questions. Use these in your essay to indicate a strong background in your subject

The Subject Reports give an overview of what EXAMINERS have said about makes a successful paper in the subject. It's smart to read these over to know what the examiners are looking for.

Research Questions

Review the questions below

  • Which ones will be most successful?
  • What ideas do the questions spark for you?

 

Design Tech Questions, scoring B

  • How can school websites be designed to maximize ease of use?

  • How can we determine the ideal color of a product intended for either males of females?

Past Papers: Why Read Them?

  • See common structures, methodologies, use of command terms and other subject-specific vocabulary
  • Notice the difference between successful papers AND papers that were less successful
  • Read the examiner comments on scored papers and their reflections to note what worked and what didn't

 

Design Technology