Methods and Specialist

[mandy]

I was wondering if it was a good idea to have the one bound reference for the two maths next year. Do they relate with one another that much to be able to have one reference book?

Thanks

[TrueTears]

Methods is basically like all the fundamentals you need for spesh.

But there are some things in spesh which you don't touch in methods, ie, vectors, vector calculus, dynamics, harder integration, harder circular functions.

So I suggest you make a seperate bound reference.

[mandy]

Oh, and are the things you do in General Math Adv. and Methods this year really needed next year? Cos I haven't made a bound reference at all :O

[TonyHem]

Methods - the knowledge yeah
General maths adv - no
.imo

[TrueTears]

Year 11 I think is a bit early to start making it.

Start of year 12 should be fine.

I suggest you consolidate your knowledge in Gen A and Methods and this will ensure your success in 3/4 methods and spesh.

I think Gen A is a introduction to what kind of things you will be expected in spesh, things like partial fractions will be required knowledge, they won't tested on directly but they will be used in spesh for things like integration, sketching graphs etc.

[GerrySly]

I never did Gen A just methods, so I don't think you need to make a reference

[TrueTears]

I personally don't think a reference book is needed, I mean the spesh book basically has everything and the more question you do, all the formulas/concepts/rules should be ingrained in your head. Ofcourse making a reference may help you consolidate what you need, but I wouldn't waste any time looking at it in the exam.

[mandy]

Haha, for this year's exams, I brought my textbooks into the exam - but didn't even use them. But I'm too scared to risk it next year, so I'll make one. Just not too sure how detailed and all.

[TrueTears]

Haha, for this year's exams, I brought my textbooks into the exam - but didn't even use them. But I'm too scared to risk it next year, so I'll make one. Just not too sure how detailed and all.

Yeap that's good, means you have confidence in your maths abilities

[mandy]

Hahaha indeed !
Numbers are my friends

[Edmund]

Just take your TB in for Methods and scribble notes at the back

[mandy]

Just take your TB in for Methods and scribble notes at the back

Thats a good idea ..

[Mao]

My advice is do NOT take the textbook. If it helps, thoroughly go through the textbook and summarise/re-express all the key points into a separate book and take that into the exam. The process of making a bound reference is VERY important to grasping the contents, by transcribing the entire textbook you have basically given yourself a complete revision. You can then consolidate this book with revision lecture notes you get from MAV/NEAP/TSFX and add bits and pieces.

To maximize benefits, you should go through the topics and make an organised table of contents that has topics sorted in a logical order. Even this can be great revision.

But if you are confident, you probably don't need much revision anyways, just write a few notes about especially difficult questions and take that in

[wombifat]

I bought a bound reference for methods and even now I'm finding it SO useful, so I'd say buy one for methods and one for spesh. Its $30 and you're saving a LOT of time and hassle.

[Stroodle]

I just store all my notes in my calc. Can file and access them really easily on the Casios.