A+ Publishing Books

[Aqualim]

Hey guys,
Just been looking at the A+ Publishing site, and am confused because im not sure which type of book is better for studying purposes, the exam book or the notes book. So my question is; Which book was/is more beneficial to you?

[Edmund]

Buy the exam book. It has practice exam papers.

The notes book have summaries of the topics, as well as questions, which are similar to the questions in the exam book.

But if you are after notes, get the notes.

[wombifat]

On that topic has anyone here ever used those books you can buy that are supposed to be used as a bound reference for exam 2? Are they good or is better to just write your own?

[mystikal]

Its better to write your own because for these reasons
-you write the stuff that you need to know
-you know where everything is
-you can leave space to add on exam style questions which you might pick up through out the year
-by writing your own summary book you are also revising the topics
-it just costs your time and not money

[wombifat]

what if you're really not very neat and you think your time would be better spent revising?

[mystikal]

welll you could always try typing up your summary book?

but i guess if you buy one of those pre made ones then you just have to make sure it has everything that YOU need also make sure that you have space to add your own little notes. Also make sure if you do end up buying one that you get to know your summary book well because you cant afford flicking through pages searching for something in exam conditions with such limited time.

[wombifat]

maybe if you bought one of those and cut the bits you couldnt do neatly yourself with scissors and put them in your book? or got notes from somewhere else and cut and paste? like graphs and things I mean, cause those can get tricky

[nerd]

I think buying a book for the exam is fine AS LONG AS you use it throughout the whole year for revision. This means that by the time the exam comes about, you know where everything is. It also means you have plenty of time to write notes throughout the book, highlighting the topics you struggle with etc. Buying a bound book last minute is stupid, you may as well take in your textbook, but buying a bound book now makes perfect sense as long as you practice with it all year long!

[mystikal]

i agree with nerd but make sure it has space for you to add extra stuff as i mentioned before

[wombifat]

yeah the one i was looking at had half the page of stuff it printed and the other half for your own notes
so you can write your own stuff but dont have to draw your own diagrams
I just seriously feel like if i made it neat it'd take a loooong time that could be used studying and last year i didn't use my bound reference at all (in my year 11 exam)