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VCE Stuff => VCE Mathematics => VCE Mathematics/Science/Technology => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE Mathematical Methods CAS => Topic started by: MrBrillsbury on July 20, 2017, 08:45:31 am
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Hey!
I have written up a bound book, and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for it?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19MCi_hTZHF0zN9jbKPCzKryvSxuIV4URNlWeo8LhkYc/edit
Thank you!
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Hey!
I have written up a bound book, and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for it?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19MCi_hTZHF0zN9jbKPCzKryvSxuIV4URNlWeo8LhkYc/edit
Thank you!
Personally I'm going to record difficult questions and their worked answers in my bound reference, since I think that will help me to understand how to do approach these questions.
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There's a lot of text, I would consider reducing that amount and/or converting some to dot points
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Hey!
I have written up a bound book, and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for it?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19MCi_hTZHF0zN9jbKPCzKryvSxuIV4URNlWeo8LhkYc/edit
Thank you!
hmm so one of the most important things is knowing where everything is in your bound book so add an index if possible. From the looks of it you have covered all the theory which is great but more often than not the marks you will lose will be from stupid mistakes. At the start of your bound book have a list of mistakes that you have made before. e.g. forgot +c, decimal places, sig figures, dx on integral, etc so that when you are in the exam and you finish it you look at that list and you are focusing on checking that you aren't making those same mistakes again. Mindlessly looking for mistakes has a much lower chance of finding errors.
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Looks like you've covered everything but I have a couple of suggestions, mostly to do with readability. Images for stuff like the graphs would be great but also some emphasis on key points so you don't need to read through everything in the paragraph to find what you're looking for. Time management in the exams is very important and I'm concerned that (somewhat like what sine mentioned) navigating your reference (should you need it) will cost you more time than what's reasonable.
Something superfluous but possibly handy would be including degrees as well as radians in your trig notes. Obviously it's not that hand to remember, or work out, but degrees do occassionally show up in Methods and it does catch people out.
You can make some very neat and easy diagrams using Geogebra or something similar, if you're interested. Overall, it seems like you have a very strong grasp on the course. :)