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Bound Reference During Reading Time
« on: October 04, 2009, 06:50:47 pm »
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I know during reading time, we are not allowed to touch our calculators or use a pen/pencil (nah, you sure gloamy?) but are we allowed to open our bound reference?
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Re: Bound Reference During Reading Time
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2009, 06:53:45 pm »
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Yes
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Re: Bound Reference During Reading Time
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2009, 06:59:03 pm »
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ask your teacher =.=*
read VCAA rules, they provide an outline =.=**

I wouldn't be 100% at peace with myself just by asking people lol. Always best to check.
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Re: Bound Reference During Reading Time
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2009, 07:06:02 pm »
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yup
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Re: Bound Reference During Reading Time
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2009, 07:12:01 pm »
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Quote from: moshi on October 04, 2009, 07:02:08 pm
derrick ha says yes
he looked unsure when he said it but its allowed
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Re: Bound Reference During Reading Time
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2009, 07:47:43 pm »
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My teacher said were allowed, derrick said aswell...and when we had trials at our school, I asked those guys who walk around aswell.
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Re: Bound Reference During Reading Time
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2009, 10:12:10 pm »
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just to be 100% safe. ask the b****from vcaa on the day :)
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Re: Bound Reference During Reading Time
« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2009, 10:23:40 pm »
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Quote from: Gloamglozer on October 04, 2009, 06:50:47 pm
I know during reading time, we are not allowed to touch our calculators or use a pen/pencil (nah, you sure gloamy?) but are we allowed to open our bound reference?

I think you can!

I didn't because reading time is where you look for the gift marks and where you will gain the most confidence. :D

How I tackled my exam 2 for methods and specialist was to leave the multiple choice to the end (MC accounts for about 20% and some questions can really bog you down)! In section B there may be some easy proof like prove "-" = "---", or given this function graph it over a < x < b, etc. Doing every easy thing first, hence, not doing the exam in the order given will allow you to feel much more confident when you look through and see in half the time you have clearly answered more than half the questions.

The bound book is something that you should refer to. Say you cannot remember for the life of you what cos(30) is, or some probability formula (probability was what annoyed me in methods), if a function is given to you to represent a discrete probability distribution, what do you do?
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Re: Bound Reference During Reading Time
« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2009, 11:50:10 pm »
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Quote from: ngRISING on October 04, 2009, 10:12:10 pm
just to be 100% safe. ask the b****from vcaa on the day :)
I agree with ngRISING, simple thing to do. It's not like you NEED to know from now in order to devise a plan or anything lol. Just ask on the day, what's the rush.
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Re: Bound Reference During Reading Time
« Reply #9 on: October 05, 2009, 12:26:46 pm »
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Quote from: xXNovaxX on October 04, 2009, 11:50:10 pm
Quote from: ngRISING on October 04, 2009, 10:12:10 pm
just to be 100% safe. ask the b****from vcaa on the day :)
I agree with ngRISING, simple thing to do. It's not like you NEED to know from now in order to devise a plan or anything lol. Just ask on the day, what's the rush.

Yeah you're right, but like the old idiom goes, "Better to be safe than sorry."  :)

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Re: Bound Reference During Reading Time
« Reply #10 on: October 05, 2009, 05:08:11 pm »
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Quote from: Gloamglozer on October 05, 2009, 12:26:46 pm
Quote from: xXNovaxX on October 04, 2009, 11:50:10 pm
Quote from: ngRISING on October 04, 2009, 10:12:10 pm
just to be 100% safe. ask the b****from vcaa on the day :)
I agree with ngRISING, simple thing to do. It's not like you NEED to know from now in order to devise a plan or anything lol. Just ask on the day, what's the rush.

Yeah you're right, but like the old idiom goes, "Better to be safe than sorry."  :)

Thanks everyone.

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Re: Bound Reference During Reading Time
« Reply #11 on: October 05, 2009, 09:59:53 pm »
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I've stuck sheets of A4 paper into my notebook as dividers so the paper sticks out of the book by ~5mm. The paper is stuck down securely and it isn't a tab or anything but I wasn't sure whether that would be considered a breach of the VCAA rules. I think my teacher is just overly anal but that 5mm is negligible, right?
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Re: Bound Reference During Reading Time
« Reply #12 on: October 05, 2009, 10:01:45 pm »
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lol. is your bound reference as thick as the text book. mines like 1cm thick. derrick ha's bound reference.
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Re: Bound Reference During Reading Time
« Reply #13 on: October 05, 2009, 10:03:28 pm »
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Quote from: ngRISING on October 05, 2009, 10:01:45 pm
lol. is your bound reference as thick as the text book. mines like 1cm thick. derrick ha's bound reference.

Nope. It's the thickness of a standard 128 page exercise book plus some added sheets.
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Re: Bound Reference During Reading Time
« Reply #14 on: October 05, 2009, 10:12:40 pm »
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Quote from: ngRISING on October 05, 2009, 10:01:45 pm
lol. is your bound reference as thick as the text book. mines like 1cm thick. derrick ha's bound reference.
10, give or take a few, a4 sheets.
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