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Title: How do you study for eco?
Post by: chikopapi on March 09, 2008, 06:45:01 pm
What do you do? At the moment Im just going through the chapters ahead of my class - learning concepts, definitions, factors etc. Im also compiling a list of stats for each month this year.

hbu?
Title: Re: How do you study for eco?
Post by: AppleXY on March 09, 2008, 06:50:28 pm
Same. I also do Checkpoints and Some extended response answers :)
Title: Re: How do you study for eco?
Post by: costargh on March 09, 2008, 06:54:34 pm
I just go through the text book, summarise, do a few questions, multi choice work sheets the teacher gives us, extended repsonse and read the age everday.
Title: Re: How do you study for eco?
Post by: AppleXY on March 09, 2008, 07:20:07 pm
The AFR (Australian Fin. Review), The Australian and The Age are good newspapers for economics. AFR has detailed articles on interest rates, but is mainly centered around financials (fin. markets) though. Nonetheless, Ross Gittins in The Age writes so brilliantly that it subliminally says: "HEY ALL VCE STUDENTS STUDYING ECON READ THIS". :P
Title: Re: How do you study for eco?
Post by: droodles on March 09, 2008, 07:24:39 pm
do past exams and get used to 'stepping' out your responses, it works.
Title: Re: How do you study for eco?
Post by: costargh on March 09, 2008, 07:24:44 pm
How about good ole 'woody' lol
Title: Re: How do you study for eco?
Post by: costargh on March 09, 2008, 07:25:16 pm
do past exams and get used to 'stepping' out your responses, it works.

Whats that
Title: Re: How do you study for eco?
Post by: brendan on March 09, 2008, 07:33:20 pm
The AFR (Australian Fin. Review), The Australian and The Age are good newspapers for economics. AFR has detailed articles on interest rates, but is mainly centered around financials (fin. markets) though. Nonetheless, Ross Gittins in The Age writes so brilliantly that it subliminally says: "HEY ALL VCE STUDENTS STUDYING ECON READ THIS". :P

the AFR yes, The Age no. The Age is no place to look for sound economic analysis.
Title: Re: How do you study for eco?
Post by: AppleXY on March 09, 2008, 07:34:11 pm
How about good ole 'woody' lol

Mr. Wood is in one word, legend. Seriously, He's the Ahmad of Economics :P. Period.
Title: Re: How do you study for eco?
Post by: AppleXY on March 09, 2008, 07:36:36 pm
The AFR (Australian Fin. Review), The Australian and The Age are good newspapers for economics. AFR has detailed articles on interest rates, but is mainly centered around financials (fin. markets) though. Nonetheless, Ross Gittins in The Age writes so brilliantly that it subliminally says: "HEY ALL VCE STUDENTS STUDYING ECON READ THIS". :P


the AFR yes, The Age no. The Age is no place to look for sound economic analysis.

Yes I'd admit that, but Ross Gittins ( and sometimes Tim Colebach) is the only the one I look out for as VCE examiners love students who reference to those writers.
Title: Re: How do you study for eco?
Post by: Eriny on March 09, 2008, 09:54:42 pm
I also imagine that the concepts talked about in the age would, on average, be more accessible to VCE students. Although my teacher photocopied articles from the Fin Review now and then, I've never bought a copy before. Plus, The Age has good student discounts (at $10 a year, you can't go wrong). But I don't think you should rely too much on other sources for economic analysis, get the news and analyse it yourself! It's way better practise.
Title: Re: How do you study for eco?
Post by: gulamali on March 19, 2008, 03:01:42 pm
I also imagine that the concepts talked about in the age would, on average, be more accessible to VCE students. Although my teacher photocopied articles from the Fin Review now and then, I've never bought a copy before. Plus, The Age has good student discounts (at $10 a year, you can't go wrong). But I don't think you should rely too much on other sources for economic analysis, get the news and analyse it yourself! It's way better practise.

yeahh agreed, relating everything you do to what is happening in the current Australian Economics is A MUST.

Exam should be written soon, if it isnt already, hence everything that has gone on in the economy up to now, is ESSENTIAL to know and have a very good understanding of eg; how our economy is going bust lol.
Title: Re: How do you study for eco?
Post by: enter99.9 on October 06, 2008, 10:07:27 pm
well,i like reading materials outside the class.such as recent news,bestsellers and some other publications from authority websites.just read as much as you can,and when you come to the class,your brain will be full of fresh ideas!
Title: Re: How do you study for eco?
Post by: extra-UNcool on November 02, 2008, 11:35:44 pm
i just don't study... maybe that's a bad example to follow. eheh
Title: Re: How do you study for eco?
Post by: samoa on November 03, 2008, 09:23:45 pm
Read a bit of the news-> call me an old amn but just generally the stock market + www.americanfederalbank.com, see what the yanks are up to :knuppel2: then relate it back to Ozzie!!
there are actually heaps of things that affect AUD that is influenced by uncle Sam