Spesh Maths in 2011

[darkphoenix]

Well if you are a capable maths student, you will be able to cope.

If not, nothing a bit of hard work cant fix

[Souljette_93]

Well if you are a capable maths student, you will be able to cope.

If not, nothing a bit of hard work cant fix

I think his username says it all

[onerealsmartass]

haha yeah i will be working my ass off next year - literally
Im probably just gettting a bit ahead of myself. I just need some advice on what to do, but i ddo have high expectations and i am kicking myself that i didnt try harder in my 3/4's this yea

[kyzoo]

Thanks for the reply, what i meant to say was that i just want to get a broad understanding of the course so i wont be thrown by the new concepts and such when we actually learn it in class.
Would it be 'harder' to do spesh without GMA and methods 3/4 in yr 11?? -The feedback that ive had from teachers, students and VNers suggest that this yrs exams for both methds and spesh were relatively difficult so i am getting very worried that i may not be able to cope xD

forget about what other ppl say, seriously.

[cookiepapa]

haha yeah i will be working my ass off next year - literally
Im probably just gettting a bit ahead of myself. I just need some advice on what to do, but i ddo have high expectations and i am kicking myself that i didnt try harder in my 3/4's this yea

it's good that you're motivated to do well, Specialist is the way to go for people who want to 'work their ass off', as effort is rewarded in the end.

Try to not go sky high with the expectation though, a better approach would be to try your hardest so that at the end of the year, you know you've done your best (so cliche, I know )

[abeybaby]

mmm... I disagree

I didn't do a shred of work throughout the year, I havent even completed a single excercise from the book, yet, I got top sac rank.

It's not about how much work you do, its about how well you understand concepts. And its not as if "yeah i understand it" is good enough, if you really understand maths the same way you understand english, where letters and numbers are more like words that will always make logical statements and working with whats true and whats not - you literally can do specialist with 2 hours of work for the year and come out on top - I did it!

Remember, its not how much work you do (you'll peak a few exams in anyway and wont make any progress from there so theres no point in doing more than 10 exams tops), it's about how well maths makes sense. And you really need to fill in any hole you may have at all!

[googoo]

mmm... I disagree

I didn't do a shred of work throughout the year, I havent even completed a single excercise from the book, yet, I got top sac rank.

It's not about how much work you do, its about how well you understand concepts. And its not as if "yeah i understand it" is good enough, if you really understand maths the same way you understand english, where letters and numbers are more like words that will always make logical statements and working with whats true and whats not - you literally can do specialist with 2 hours of work for the year and come out on top - I did it!

Remember, its not how much work you do (you'll peak a few exams in anyway and wont make any progress from there so theres no point in doing more than 10 exams tops), it's about how well maths makes sense. And you really need to fill in any hole you may have at all!

what did you do in 2 hours?

[abeybaby]

I learnt to use the calculator

[Romperait]

So much good info here haha

I wasn't intending to specialist after my gen a teacher kept scaring us with (at the time) crazy tests but after doing methods I kinda feel obligated to make up for the exam. =)

[abeybaby]

yeah its not hard at all - you just need a good teacher

[googoo]

you literally can do specialist with 2 hours of work for the year and come out on top - I did it!

2 hours of work for the year, you did it with a calculator. can you elaborate on what you did. i want to learn your skills

[Chavi]

yeah its not hard at all - you just need a good teacher

+1

[Andiio]

..Did you have a hyperbolic time chamber, abes? LOL

[abeybaby]

hahah no, i just like maths!

[onerealsmartass]

well im the kind of person who learns better via doing questions, after i do a few i usually get the hang of it and do every 2nd or 4rd questoin xD
Also my spesh teacher next year is an assessor and word is she is really good, she had 3 kids last yr get 40+ raw (: