ATAR Notes: Forum

VCE Stuff => VCE Mathematics => VCE Mathematics/Science/Technology => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE Mathematical Methods CAS => Topic started by: dejan91 on January 22, 2009, 04:45:56 pm

Title: Methods harder than Sp. Maths?
Post by: dejan91 on January 22, 2009, 04:45:56 pm
Is it true that Mathds Methods is harder than Specialist Maths at times?
Title: Re: Methods harder than Sp. Maths?
Post by: kurrymuncher on January 22, 2009, 05:09:06 pm
NO
Title: Re: Methods harder than Sp. Maths?
Post by: /0 on January 22, 2009, 05:47:36 pm
Methods is more boring though. So maybe it's harder to concentrate... lol
Title: Re: Methods harder than Sp. Maths?
Post by: hard on January 22, 2009, 06:00:37 pm
NO
that's all there is to say really.
Title: Re: Methods harder than Sp. Maths?
Post by: methodsboy on January 22, 2009, 06:02:16 pm
Is it true that Mathds Methods is harder than Specialist Maths at times?
LMAO what possessed u to say that?
Title: Re: Methods harder than Sp. Maths?
Post by: dejan91 on January 22, 2009, 07:51:10 pm
Is it true that Mathds Methods is harder than Specialist Maths at times?
LMAO what possessed u to say that?

Got told by a friend who received high 40's raw score in Methods this year, who is currently doing sp. and uni maths.

Not my thoughts, just wondering if there's any truth to her statement, or if it's just her opinion. I honestly don't believe methods is harder.
Title: Re: Methods harder than Sp. Maths?
Post by: hard on January 22, 2009, 07:52:58 pm
Is it true that Mathds Methods is harder than Specialist Maths at times?
LMAO what possessed u to say that?

Got told by a friend who received high 40's raw score in Methods this year, who is currently doing sp. and uni maths.

Not my thoughts, just wondering if there's any truth to her statement, or if it's just her opinion. I honestly don't believe methods is harder.
well ur frend is not a credible source. it's like asking ahmad "is maths easy?"
Title: Re: Methods harder than Sp. Maths?
Post by: ed_saifa on January 22, 2009, 07:54:48 pm
I believe that some parts of methods are more difficult. ie probability. I would gladly do any spesh topic in preference to it.
Title: Re: Methods harder than Sp. Maths?
Post by: ell on January 22, 2009, 07:58:38 pm
Maybe not difficult, but a lot more bland.
Title: Re: Methods harder than Sp. Maths?
Post by: Mao on January 22, 2009, 09:35:22 pm
I think the question was 'Methods harder to do well in than Sp. Maths', then the answer is, yes. The competition is greater in methods, a few silly mistakes might not matter so much in specialist, but they will cost you in methods. The care and practice you must put in for MM is a lot more than SM, but the flip-side of the coin is the coursework is a lot easier.
Title: Re: Methods harder than Sp. Maths?
Post by: bubble sunglasses on January 22, 2009, 11:27:52 pm

   he might have meant the difficulty of Spec after having done methods, which would be different to the difficulty of Spec per se. The question is open to interpretation.
Title: Re: Methods harder than Sp. Maths?
Post by: Edmund on January 22, 2009, 11:36:11 pm
Some people find the Methods course so easy compared to Spec that they tend to neglect it, so when it comes to the exams they usually do worse in Methods than in Spec.

No way Methods is harder than Spec. Look at the scaling!!

I believe that some parts of methods are more difficult. ie probability. I would gladly do any spesh topic in preference to it.
Probability is the best thing that has ever happened to me =)
Title: Re: Methods harder than Sp. Maths?
Post by: brendan on January 22, 2009, 11:40:30 pm
Is it true that Mathds Methods is harder than Specialist Maths at times?

Some topics might be difficult, but overall no.
Title: Re: Methods harder than Sp. Maths?
Post by: Richiie on February 06, 2009, 08:12:41 pm
Spesh is the harder.