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VCE Stuff => VCE Science => VCE Mathematics/Science/Technology => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE Chemistry => Topic started by: Christiano on June 11, 2011, 09:57:37 pm

Title: Reading Time
Post by: Christiano on June 11, 2011, 09:57:37 pm

Are you allowed to touch your calculator or data booklet during reading time?

Title: Re: Reading Time
Post by: dmanz on June 11, 2011, 10:04:57 pm

Quote from: Christiano on June 11, 2011, 09:57:37 pm

Are you allowed to touch your calculator or data booklet during reading time?

cant touch the calculator.
 
not sure about booklet.

Title: Re: Reading Time
Post by: moekamo on June 11, 2011, 10:16:16 pm

yea you can go through the data booklet, in maths/physics you have to unattach the data sheet from the exam but in this case it already is unattached...i think. Either way, you ARE allowed to open/touch the data booklet during reading time.

Title: Re: Reading Time
Post by: Christiano on June 11, 2011, 10:18:57 pm

And what do you also recommend doing during reading time - quick glance at short answer then suss out MC? or focus solely on one or the other?

Haven't exactly pinpointed what I'm going to do but I've been just having a glance at SA, figuring out the MC that can be done by reading and then finishing MC when writing time starts. What about you guys?

Title: Re: Reading Time
Post by: taiga on June 11, 2011, 10:22:21 pm

blitz through short answer to see how you need to pace yourself. make sure you're familiar with the content. then glance over mc, then start answering mc in your head

Title: Re: Reading Time
Post by: nacho on June 11, 2011, 10:23:06 pm

can we rip shit out from the booklet?
Like the stuff relevant to unit 4,
and i want to keep my periodic table at one place in front of me so id ont want to be flicking through it back and forth.
we need bigger tables for exams, i swear..

Title: Re: Reading Time
Post by: jane1234 on June 11, 2011, 10:53:24 pm

^ Most of the data booklet is relevant to unit 3... I think there's only one little section I haven't used this year.

As for reading time, I'd spend the majority of it looking over SA first, then doing theory MC if you have time.

Title: Re: Reading Time
Post by: tony3272 on June 11, 2011, 11:03:45 pm

For reading time i've found it best to just spend 5 minutes going through SA and just looking at the general topic for each question. Then just spend the rest on MC since you can usually get around 15 done before time's up.

Title: Re: Reading Time
Post by: schnappy on June 12, 2011, 01:40:03 am

Read over all short answers... it'll jog your memory and get your brain doing chem.