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Re: Hardest textbook?
« Reply #15 on: February 11, 2011, 07:56:44 pm »
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But are TSFX better than textbooks at least? Also, where would I get NEAP questions from? The NEAP study guide?

Yep the NEAP study guides. TSFX has more concise notes, but thats about it.

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Re: Hardest textbook?
« Reply #16 on: February 11, 2011, 08:07:29 pm »
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Geez, you think TSFX is concise? They were almost as long as the textbook minus most of the fluff (case studies and the like/irrelevant content). If you want short and sweet notes, get A+. Seriously, they're concise.
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Re: Hardest textbook?
« Reply #17 on: February 12, 2011, 05:11:17 pm »
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If you're looking for challenging questions, i suggest you try Neap and TSFX, textbooks aren't exactly designed to be 'challenging', they're just a resources to develop your foundations.
I use nelson though, it's quite good, heinemann is also pretty good.

Tsfx just copies their questions from old vcaa exams. On the other hand, neap pay teachers to write the questions for their books. So neap is better in terms of exams and questions
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Re: Hardest textbook?
« Reply #18 on: February 13, 2011, 07:53:26 pm »
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Do the heinemann questions to get you started.
Then do some of the review (heinemann has horrifically long reviews)

ONCE you did, go do checkpoints and selected questions from past papers.
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