Preparing my bound reference

[kenhung123]

Well I ask early in case its not allowed or something...Am I allowed to go officeworks and use the massive staplers to stamp a pile of notes onto my textbook cover?

[98.40_for_sure]

As long as the people that are supervising the exam, when they pick up your bound reference and shake it, nothing can be hanging out or falling out.

[Nomvalt]

how many pages worth of notes do you guys think is adequate to put in your bound reference?

[AzureBlue]

Should be fine as long as there are no loose pages (I think this is enforced so you can't tear it out and give it to the person sitting next to you or something).

I normally bring a maximum of one sheet or nothing provided I'm feeling very prepared - don't want a massive cumbersome book to flip through... will waste a lot of time.

[98.40_for_sure]

You probably won't even look at your bound reference... however many you think you will actually need... putting excess will only waste your time looking for stuff if you do need to use it

[kenhung123]

As long as the people that are supervising the exam, when they pick up your bound reference and shake it, nothing can be hanging out or falling out.

Umm serious question, so as long as everything is somehow attached together, it doesn't really matter? Like as long as its not slipped into your book or something

[AzureBlue]

You probably won't even look at your bound reference... however many you think you will actually need... putting excess will only waste your time looking for stuff if you do need to use it

Yeah, I've virtually never used my sheet if I have ever made one. Thus from now on, I go in with nothing (not sure if there are things/shortcuts worth putting on in 3/4) but this tends to be beneficial because I'll have to actually know my stuff well, so I put more of an effort on practice questions etc..., making sure I know everything in the topics.

[TyErd]

I'm just gonna take in essentials textbook. Way too lazy to make a bound reference. If I really need extra notes ill just staple it onto one of the pages I don't need of the textbook.

[98.40_for_sure]

Making a bound reference takes a LOT of time... but it's also a safety net incase you forget something.
If you're really keen on making one then go for it, otherwise the time could be used to do other stuff that in the end, could be more beneficial.
Taking in the textbook with annotations is always an option

[cameron_15]

Mine is split into 2 sections, 1 is just a whole lot of equations and useful things just in case I forget. the other section will be for troubleshooting and will contain a lot more detail, worked examples etc.

I've been making it as I go as revision so It's almost finished. However, I rarely look at my cheat sheets in exams/tests. Just makes me less nervous going into it.

[tram]

i find the easiest thing to do is to go to the tsfx lecture and get their notes (and like...they over EVERYTHING so you knwo ur safe) Do all teh question the the book, then get the notes binded togeather at officeworks/school for liike 5 bucks. Trust me, it's totally worth it, make it SOOOO much easier to acces the stuff when you need to.

As to refering to the notes, no, generally you don't, but it is useful if they throw something at you that is unexpected, e.g. last year there was aquestion on indenpendent events whihc is a yr 11 methods topic and i had no idea about it so i had to look it up in my notes. Apart form that, i did not touch my reference notes, except the front page which was my own formula sheet which i has scribbled all over adding extra formulas and other things that i needed to remember.

[98.40_for_sure]

Also in the back of essentials textbook, there is like 5 empty pages labelled NOTES

[AzureBlue]

Making a bound reference takes a LOT of time... but it's also a safety net incase you forget something.
If you're really keen on making one then go for it, otherwise the time could be used to do other stuff that in the end, could be more beneficial.

Yes, I think if some of the concepts aren't as solid, a safety net is reasonable (ie. make a bound reference). However, I tend to think more and do better if I know that there is no safety net and I have to rely on what I know and have done. In my unit 1 exam recently, I was going to make about 2 pages of reference notes but I gave up; couldn't think of what to put in. But it's up to the individual I guess whether they think it's beneficial.

[98.40_for_sure]

Some people learn by making notes, some find its a waste of time as they learn differently
If you learn by making a ref book, then by all means
But don't make it with the intention of using it in the exam, that just means you're underprepared

[AzureBlue]

Some people learn by making notes, some find its a waste of time as they learn differently
If you learn by making a ref book, then by all means
But don't make it with the intention of using it in the exam, that just means you're underprepared

Yeah, it could act as a good review. However, the best way to improve at maths is to DO LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
And, of course review them and learn from your mistakes.