First assessment physics...

[serussell_]

hey all, so my first physics assessment for year 12 is on friday, (had to redo due to some reasons)

and i was just very nervous for it. I have studied quite moderately but i still dont think its enough to even pass
i guess i just need some advice to perhaps motivate myself or how to not freak out pre exam.

we recently got our now redundant physics assessment back, needless to say...  i got 18/55, so you can how thats helping me cope...

but yeah, any advice would be well appreciated. ✌️

[blasonduo]

Hey! What type of assessment was it? From what it seems it was an exam, but that is very early for one! Why was it redone?

Since you have that paper back, this is the best thing going forward, look at the ones you got right, and well celebrate! If you can get those right, you can get any right! Any question you got right (or even marks) shows the content you know. For the ones you got wrong, use this as the next stepping stone in your studies, these will show your weaknesses, build off them, and once it makes sense, you've got that concept in your bag, there is only going forward!!!

Here are some resources that may help you

https://atarnotes.com/8-physics-mistakes/
https://atarnotes.com/study-smart-not-hard/
https://atarnotes.com/half-yearly-results/
https://atarnotes.com/stages-of-study/

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[serussell_]

yeah it was kind of prac exam, tested on practical skills and knowledge regarding simple pendulums then other content, we did it last year, and was redone due to  some bs, not really important, super lucky it was discarded though

[jasn9776]

Yeah. my prac(which the teachers lost along with everyone elses) had this weird question where you had to put f=ma into y=mx+ b form which tripped up half the school. I'm not even sure you can be tested on that. Is it even in the syllabus? a= f/m would that be right?  I'm still confused. It was the trolley prac with weights where we had to prove f=ma. Are they allowed to use the marks if they lose the assessment, (assuming it was marked correctly)? 

[jamonwindeyer]

Yeah. my prac(which the teachers lost along with everyone elses) had this weird question where you had to put f=ma into y=mx+ b form which tripped up half the school. I'm not even sure you can be tested on that. Is it even in the syllabus? a= f/m would that be right?  I'm still confused. It was the trolley prac with weights where we had to prove f=ma. Are they allowed to use the marks if they lose the assessment, (assuming it was marked correctly)? 

That does sound weird! But definitely assessable unfortunately, graphing skills are in the syllabus, \(F=ma\) is in the syllabus, voila but yeah, basically it would be putting the gradient of your line equal to something similar to Newton's 2nd Law, your approach sounds like it could be right depending on the experiment!

There's no hard rule on school assessment marks in stuff like this - They can use the marks, they can assign the marks elsewhere, it's basically their call