where is your class up to in the course and how do survive without notes?

[chocolatechipcookies]

hi guys,

just wondering where your class/school is up to for the course and how much left you have to do? I just wanna know if my school's ahead/behind. we've pretty much just got probability to do that's all!

and another question, how do you survive sacs and exam 1, which do not involve notes (or CAS)? I can do perfectly fine if I have notes but without notes i'm screwed, i literally cannot remember many formulas!

thanks

[IndefatigableLover]

Woah already up to Probabilty!?
We've just finished up on Differentiation (well restarted it from Summer Holidays) and we'll be moving onto Integration before moving to Probability

As for Exam 1... well if you do the set work your school sets you then you should be fine for Exam 1 imo. Repeating exercises and doing them properly (rather than look at worked solutions) is another way in remembering processes.

Also if you're forgetting formulas then on the end of year exam they'll give you a formula sheet for Exam 1 so you won't have to worry about it too much! Just know what's on there and use that to your advantage!

[keltingmeith]

What you should do is consolidate your learning - by writing your bound reference!

They say that the best bound reference has days spent on it, and then isn't looked at once in the exam. What most schools seem to do (and tutoring agencies) is give students notes for them to take into the exam, saying "these notes are A+ brilliant, perfect, use these and you'll get over 40, guaranteed!" - but I can promise you it doesn't work that way.

The best bound reference is something that you'll write yourself, that way all the time you spend obsessing over it will cause the information that you need for exam 1 to get stuck into your head.

[Reus]

Just finishing off Integration!

[Rod]

Starting integration next week, and then after that we have probability, then we are done

[skeletalclown]

We've finished the course and are just beginning revision after the holidays.

[AirLandBus]

What you should do is consolidate your learning - by writing your bound reference!

They say that the best bound reference has days spent on it, and then isn't looked at once in the exam. What most schools seem to do (and tutoring agencies) is give students notes for them to take into the exam, saying "these notes are A+ brilliant, perfect, use these and you'll get over 40, guaranteed!" - but I can promise you it doesn't work that way.

The best bound reference is something that you'll write yourself, that way all the time you spend obsessing over it will cause the information that you need for exam 1 to get stuck into your head.

Agree with this, especially for my methods 1/2 half yearly that i used my cheat sheets (summary notes) from the sacs throughout the year. I make them so detailed, having the formula, and an easy and hard example, making them super detailed. When done the sheets are covered from head to toe and super detailed. But come SAC time, i dont even end up looking at them and remember all of the content. The only time i look at them is to check something once im done or to see if ive can get help when im on like the last question that are often worded and quite difficult. In my half yearly i didnt even end up looking at the cheat sheet once (i had 4, 1 for each sac we did during the year), ended up getting 86% which i think is respectable. Gotta get those 90's though.