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RuiAce:

--- Quote from: Ty510 on October 16, 2016, 12:08:43 pm ---I think a big part of it is that I'm sitting down to past paper questions and as soon as I hit questions 13 and 14, my whole head turns into a blur. I feel like I can't answer any of the difficult questions, such as conics and motion, even though throughout the year I have been getting pretty good results.

I think stress is a definite part of it, but I don't know the best way to overcome not knowing how to answer the back end of the papers.

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Before commencing a paper, take some time to think about how was it you were able to do it back then. Look at any questions that you answered in the past and follow them. Try to figure out how you were able to answer the questions back then, and also how you actually answered them (i.e. the train of thought).

That way, you can generate some ideas as to how to tackle questions.

Then, pick up a paper, and just get through the M/C and Q11/12 for confidence. When you hit Q13, stop and take a deep breath. Destress and clear your mind so that you're ready for the first of the tougher problems.

Think back to how you answered the questions back then, and start.

birdwing341:

--- Quote from: Ty510 on October 16, 2016, 12:08:43 pm ---I think a big part of it is that I'm sitting down to past paper questions and as soon as I hit questions 13 and 14, my whole head turns into a blur. I feel like I can't answer any of the difficult questions, such as conics and motion, even though throughout the year I have been getting pretty good results.

I think stress is a definite part of it, but I don't know the best way to overcome not knowing how to answer the back end of the papers.

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Hi there, just adding on to what Rui said with what I've been doing,

I absolutely feel you - there's so much stress coming going into the exam. The way I studied for the exam at the start was to go through the HSC papers question by question, so I would do all of the Q11s and then all of the Q12s etc. That way you get a feel for the general level of difficulty of the questions and can really hone your methods to do the questions, because you're doing so many of the same type.

So if you're doing fine on q11 and q12 maybe go through the q13 and q14 hsc questions that you haven't done yet and really try and work through them. If you think you can't do one, wrack your brain for possible methods and try all of them. I assure you, you'll be surprised at how much you can do when you force yourself to do the question :). But if you can't do the question, then that's OK have a gander at the answers and then come back to it, write it out and remember the method that the answers used.

Most of all, don't worry!! And always write down some working :)

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