[Methods] technique to minismise errors/

[NOnga]

technique to minismise silly errors/?

[Damoz.G]

Practice more questions?

Could you be a bit more specific please?

[CossieG]

Write your most common errors on the front of your bound reference in big writing. For example on the cover of mine I have:

READ THE QUESTION
REMEMBER TO CHECK DOMAIN WHEN SOLVING LOG EQUATIONS

[Stevensmay]

Effective time management would probably be the biggest one. Make sure you plan your exam so that you are not feeling pressured, as you are more likely to make those basic mistakes while in this stage.

Knowing when to pass a question is also essentially.
If you can, try and go for around 1.5/2 marks a minute for exam 1, as this gives you ample time later on to check for basic mistakes.

[shadows]

No matter how many times I tell myself to read the question carefully, round correctly, includes end points of graphs etc... I always make those silly errors.

I know it can be frustrating....

What I think helps when doing questions or practise exams is to, on a sheet of paper, in BIG, CLEAR writing, write down an exam check list for silly mistakes.

Eg. Is it a conditional?, does it say use calculus or use algebra, is it a hence question?, decimal or exact?

For me, it actually helps when I do my practise exam with this sheet right next to me....

Also make sure you keep a logbook of your errors.

[BigAl]

Well if you're that kind of person doing silly arithmetic errors..don't worry even lecturers do that..as my lecturer put in last semester "probably because I am smart" haha

[lala1911]

Underline key words when reading the question, reread it, do the question, quickly skim the question before you begin the next

[BigAl]

Underline key words when reading the question, reread it, do the question, quickly skim the question before you begin the next

This reminded me of my assignment question...in the question, positively oriented meant anticlockwise direction...I solved the question in the other direction and got an extra - sign..this contradicted the result I found with the other equality...I spent whole day trying to find any calculation mistake but I found none...then I was going through my notes and saw what positively oriented meant..going through other direction just puts an extra - sign..so read the question carefully...