Similarity of VCAA Exams to Trial Exams, Do They Help?

[HubbaBubba]

Trial Exams. I understand they help you learn the theory behind questions so you can apply it in similar scenarios, but do you get similar questions on VCAA Exams. Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to sound like a fool and say they won't help i JUST want to know from people who have done methods in the past or are doing it this year, HAVE YOU noticed similarities or questions that are nearly identical with VCAA questions (and I'm not talking about when trial exam companies (Insight, nEAP, TSSM) post past VCAA questions on current year trial exams, what is the point of that? ). If one does a bunch of trial exams whats the chances that the questions that appear on the VCAA exam are similar or nearly identical to trial exams of the past.

Another question has anyone noticed similarities with previous year VCAA methods questions whether in short answer or extended response.

[GeniDoi]

Trial Exams. I understand they help you learn the theory behind questions so you can apply it in similar scenarios, but do you get similar questions on VCAA Exams. Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to sound like a fool and say they won't help i JUST want to know from people who have done methods in the past or are doing it this year, HAVE YOU noticed similarities or questions that are nearly identical with VCAA questions (and I'm not talking about when trial exam companies (Insight, nEAP, TSSM) post past VCAA questions on current year trial exams, what is the point of that? ). If one does a bunch of trial exams whats the chances that the questions that appear on the VCAA exam are similar or nearly identical to trial exams of the past.

Another question has anyone noticed similarities with previous year VCAA methods questions whether in short answer or extended response.

There is a huge misconception that exists whereby people bruteforce dozens (in extreme cases hundreds) of trial exams for the sole purpose of hoping that one question on all of the practice exams they did will appear on VCAA. This is a pretty shitty strategy because other than the usual 2 differentiation questions at the beginning of every VCAA Exam 1, they are almost completely different from eachother.

You should be doing these practice exams to improve your exam-taking skills, such as maximizing reading time for planning how you do the exam, leaving questions out (until you've finished the rest of the paper) at the first realization your stuck because generally they are designed to be time sinks, etc, as well as comparing questions you lost marks in across many exams to see if you consistently perform badly in one topic, and then isolating that topic by doing bookwork on it to improve. If all your doing is chewing out practice exams like a mindless printer then the paper may as well have stayed in the tree.

[Sayf44]

If all your doing is chewing out practice exams like a mindless printer then the paper may as well have stayed in the tree.

DAYYUUUUMMMMMM... Lol. You came up with that one yourself bud?

[GeniDoi]

DAYYUUUUMMMMMM... Lol. You came up with that one yourself bud?

Yeah if only that happened to me more during english SACs LOL