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onepunchboy:
Is it better for me to learn all the content first or start on pastpapers. Ive havent done industrial yet.

cindywindy:
There's not much use in doing past papers if you don't know all your theory yet, you'll probably get more wrong than you would have if you actually studied everything. Having said that, I personally think that the whole point in doing practice exams is to test what you've learnt and get a feel for the actual end of year exam.
So all in all, my suggestion is to do practice exam questions on like unit 3 or topics you've already covered. But the choice is entirely yours, do what works best for you. :)

RuiAce:

--- Quote from: cindywindy on July 19, 2016, 07:59:41 am ---There's not much use in doing past papers if you don't know all your theory yet, you'll probably get more wrong than you would have if you actually studied everything. Having said that, I personally think that the whole point in doing practice exams is to test what you've learnt and get a feel for the actual end of year exam.
So all in all, my suggestion is to do practice exam questions on like unit 3 or topics you've already covered. But the choice is entirely yours, do what works best for you. :)

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There's far more to it.

Questions from other sources such as textbooks and your teacher's worksheets (however worksheets aren't too bad) do not train you up properly for the types of questions you encounter in exams. Only by doing past papers can you adjust to the ways of thought required. This includes how to actually formulate your response for 6+ mark questions, as well as trying to identify where the marks are instead of folly guesses. It also involves actually preparing yourself to handle a peculiar calculations question that you may as well nave been exposed to already.

conic curve:
personally I feel textbook and worksheets are resources for core understanding whereas past papers are used for getting into the game

RuiAce:

--- Quote from: conic curve on July 19, 2016, 11:00:03 am ---personally I feel textbook and worksheets are resources for core understanding whereas past papers are used for getting into the game

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Yeah. Her main point still stands in how content matters. But papers are way beyond just getting a feel for it.

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