What do you think the best thing is to be doing for this last week? I've just been doing practise exams and I don't see much improvement, what should I be doing?
Personally I found practise exams fairly useless for HHD (that is, I only did one LOL).
What I'd do:
- Go through every dot point of study design and check if you know the basic content for each; turning it into questions (e.g. something that mentions the dietary guidelines, ask yourself - what are the dietary guidelines?) helps, ESPECIALLY CLOSED BOOK. If there's anything you're missing, obviously... learn it.
- Test yourself on
every single definition in VCAA's definition list. They love testing obscure ones! If you don't know one - sit and rote learn it.
- Check that you know all the 'formulas' for how to answer common questions, such as 'What is the impact of X on [health/health status/HD/sustainability etc.]' or 'Explain how two ___ determinants of health could lead to differences in health status between X and Y'. Model your answers on past VCAA solutions if unsure.
- What errors have you made in previous exams or SACs? Try to figure out how specifically you could make sure they don't happen again or improve your answer structures!
In summary: go through the SD content and formula types and search for any holes in your knowledge; patch up.
Do we need to know anything about social development and do we need to memorise the definition of food security?
No, and yes.