Failed my first methods sac, please help?

[squirtle]

Failed my first methods SAC. The school will get me to re-sit so that I get an S. Any way I can salvage myself from this shipwreck? My cohort is also pretty weak, so my low SAC ranking in a weak cohort is not looking good for me. Are there any strategies for actually learning the content? The thing is, I smashed out a ton of practise questions. Textbook, checkpoints, past exams etc. But it felt like every time I moved onto the next question I had to look at an example or in my rules book for guidance. That's what has screwed me over countless times, and especially in this SAC. I don't necessarily know what to do with a question without guidance. Any advice?

[sjayne]

There's still hope!! I had similar issues despite not being bad at maths,  I never new which steps to take when given a question. I never failed a sac but that's also because my school's pass rate was ridiculously low.

Try not to look at examples because that's half of the question that you aren't completing. Instead, use it as a last resort and try a few different things even if you aren't sure they'll work. At least then you can work out why. And rather than completing lot's of questions, make sure that you are sure how you are getting to your answer.

In the end what helped me was having study sessions with other students as well as with my teacher. I also would write down the questions i had trouble with, then either get the answer and work backwards or get someone to help me, then a few days/weeks later i would get the question out and see if I could do it yet.