Transition to year 12 Methods:

[lazaward]

- Did people find their sac scores went up in year 12 compared to year 11?

- Also, I was averaging high 50’s to low 60’s in units 1&2 is 30 a reasonable score to aim for?

- I struggled with application style questions despite understanding the content fairly well, how do I improve?

[sophomania]

- Did people find their sac scores went up in year 12 compared to year 11?

- Also, I was averaging high 50’s to low 60’s in units 1&2 is 30 a reasonable score to aim for?

- I struggled with application style questions despite understanding the content fairly well, how do I improve?

- I was already performing quite well in 1/2 methods, so there wasn’t much change in sac marks for me.

- Sinc it’s still early in the year and you have barely started 3/4 methods, any goal is a reasonable goal. There is so much time until the exam, so there’s still plenty of time to improve and work hard to achieve your goal.

- To improve application questions, I would recommend doing a lot of practice questions. When you have been exposed to a lot, you become familiar with what sort of concepts and topics are being tested for particular style of questions. That way, in the future, when you are asked an application question, you know what concepts are being tested and hence, what possible approaches to take.

[kalopsia]

Hi,

1. I found that my marks went down slightly. That's because in unit 3/4, the teachers made the assessments harder than vaca exam level but unit 1/2 tests and exams were pretty easy. But, after that, I put in more effort and my marks improved dramatically.

2. Sorry, but I can't give you a definite answer because it depends on the difficulty of your school's 1/2 tests. Also, your 1/2 marks don't always reflect the study score you'll end up with. Just put in the effort and do your best.

3. First of all, doing more practice application questions will expose you to different questions. Whenever I see an application question, I look at the equation that is usually given and work out what that equation is telling me. What are the maximum and minimum x and y values? What do they mean? What do they show me? If I derive or antidiff it, what do I get?

[lazaward]

- I was already performing quite well in 1/2 methods, so there wasn’t much change in sac marks for me.

- Sinc it’s still early in the year and you have barely started 3/4 methods, any goal is a reasonable goal. There is so much time until the exam, so there’s still plenty of time to improve and work hard to achieve your goal.

- To improve application questions, I would recommend doing a lot of practice questions. When you have been exposed to a lot, you become familiar with what sort of concepts and topics are being tested for particular style of questions. That way, in the future, when you are asked an application question, you know what concepts are being tested and hence, what possible approaches to take.

Thank you do you know where I would get application style questions from?

[lazaward]

Hi,

1. I found that my marks went down slightly. That's because in unit 3/4, the teachers made the assessments harder than vaca exam level but unit 1/2 tests and exams were pretty easy. But, after that, I put in more effort and my marks improved dramatically.

2. Sorry, but I can't give you a definite answer because it depends on the difficulty of your school's 1/2 tests. Also, your 1/2 marks don't always reflect the study score you'll end up with. Just put in the effort and do your best.

3. First of all, doing more practice application questions will expose you to different questions. Whenever I see an application question, I look at the equation that is usually given and work out what that equation is telling me. What are the maximum and minimum x and y values? What do they mean? What do they show me? If I derive or antidiff it, what do I get?

Thank you do you know where I would get application style questions from? My school uses the Cambridge textbook but I find them pretty hard.

[VinnyD]

Hi

1. I wasn't the best at methods but I found Unit 1/2 harder at my school (it's not the best and its under melbourne's under rep schools ). I was averaging 60-70 for sacs in year 11 but i got a 92 average for sacs in year 12. It completely depends on your school and how hard your sacs are, but in the end i got an A for sacs for my GA1. Don't be discouraged by bad marks in year 11 because there's always room to improve.

2. Regardless of your year 11 marks, a 30 should be very achievable because it is the "average mark". So as long as you try your best and consintently study, you're set for over 30.

3. For majority of the application questions I'd recommend making a list of things you have to include. Even if you don't get the correct answers you get consequential marks. I'd also recommend doing the easier practice exams like Heffernan ( whichever you find easier) and start doing those application questions. Start off very slowly and gradually complete a full question
I also did alot of Checkpoints because it was the only book I could find with all the types of questions

[sarangiya]

1. I wasn't the best at methods but I found Unit 1/2 harder at my school (it's not the best and its under melbourne's under rep schools ). I was averaging 60-70 for sacs in year 11 but i got a 92 average for sacs in year 12. 

#inspo
Congratulations!!

[kalopsia]

Thank you do you know where I would get application style questions from? My school uses the Cambridge textbook but I find them pretty hard.

Textbook questions are pretty good resources for practice questions. But since you find them hard, maybe get some from practice sacs, practice exams or past exams. I found that some textbook questions from the Cambridge textbook could be quite difficult. Maybe try a different textbook?

[VinnyD]

#inspo
Congratulations!!

Thank you and good luck with methods!!