Spesh Maths in 2011

[thushan]

To me it's about knowing the content through first principles - then you can apply your knowledge to any problem, even derive your own methods

If you think you haven't done this, you have - during this year's methods exam 2. We don't do expected values in conditional probability, but we were able to derive a method ourselves using first principles to solve the problem!

[smashem]

Im going to be doing spesh next year without doing GMA.
Anything in particular that i should learn during the holidays or alternatively should i get a tutor??
Thanks

[Furbob]

well the things that I learnt in GMA that were completely different to Methods + relevant for Spesh would be
-Vectors
-Imaginary numbers
-Complex numbers
-Kinematics/Forces

Have a crack at Vectors, its actually quite enjoyable imo

[smashem]

well the things that I learnt in GMA that were completely different to Methods + relevant for Spesh would be
-Vectors
-Imaginary numbers
-Complex numbers
-Kinematics/Forces

Have a crack at Vectors, its actually quite enjoyable imo

thanks for that buddy, ill have a read of the GMA book a mate gave me.

[swoop]

To me it's about knowing the content through first principles - then you can apply your knowledge to any problem, even derive your own methods

If you think you haven't done this, you have - during this year's methods exam 2. We don't do expected values in conditional probability, but we were able to derive a method ourselves using first principles to solve the problem!

that's really good advice because VCAA will ask you to do something out of the ordinary but it still tests your course knowledge so its still relevant.

[pi]

Im going to be doing spesh next year without doing GMA.
Anything in particular that i should learn during the holidays or alternatively should i get a tutor??
Thanks

check here for more info and practice stuff to do over the holiday break:

http://vcenotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,31939.msg329261.html#msg329261

Good luck!

[onerealsmartass]

Im going to be doing spesh next year without doing GMA.
Anything in particular that i should learn during the holidays or alternatively should i get a tutor??
Thanks

check here for more info and practice stuff to do over the holiday break:

http://vcenotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,31939.msg329261.html#msg329261

Good luck!

wow good job for putting a lot of effort into that thread
i shall look through a lot of that stuff in the coming weeks, im sure it will help a lot of us! karma for you

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