What did you guys bring into exam2?

[kyzoo]

^ xD I didn't bother making bound notes whilst everyone else did; my Methods notes are the messiest things ever and I never look back on them once I have drawn them up. I'm going to do the same for Spesh.

kenhung: Rote learning absolutely fails with Maths. There are things that look like you shouldn't bother to memorize such as the quotient rule, but it only takes 5-10 minutes of imagination to figure out how to remember it. Take the quotient rule for example, I imagined the parts of moving around, flashing with different colours, and splitting into two until it reached its final form of the quotient rule. That kind of imagination, combined with iterative use in questions, ensures that you will remember it. IMO the bound book is just an excuse to be lazy in using your imagination and going "I'll put it on the bound reference, why bother to memorize that!" That's why I avoided it this year.

EZ: I never did that, subbing in points takes too long =/ I just remembered the general shapes of various functions.

[jimmy999]

I prepared Bound Notes - from the start of the year - just included theory for each chapter, important questions from the exercise book and from other random sources like Checkpoints etc. Don't put in too much effort for your notes - i.e. they don't need to be immaculate/perfect/neat because chances are, you'll hardly look at them in the exam. I spent so much time writing notes - I didn't even touch them in the exam. They're just good revision. You should know the course back to front around the exam anyway, so it's probably a good thing to not rely on notes.

Pretty much exactly what I did for Methods and Specialist. I looked at the book a couple of times in my exams just to speed up a couple of questions. It's more just....an insurance policy just in case you forget something

[darkphoenix]

Yeah you should bascially know it all already, and just use it if you have a mind blank.