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Ematuro

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Hardest textbook?
« on: February 04, 2011, 04:31:58 pm »
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Anyone know which textbook has the most difficult questions? Or the best questions to work out of? I've got a good teacher who explains concepts really well so now I'm just trying to find a good textbook to work out of so I'd like some insight thanks xD
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Re: Hardest textbook?
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2011, 04:55:01 pm »
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I hear heinamann is quite good.
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Re: Hardest textbook?
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2011, 05:59:08 pm »
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Heinemann
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Re: Hardest textbook?
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2011, 06:14:52 pm »
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My teacher says heinemann has the best questions.

Even though the explanations are written in quite simplistic language.
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Re: Hardest textbook?
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2011, 07:27:14 pm »
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Eh, I never did textbook questions. They were fairly useless, I found. I used Heinemann too..
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Re: Hardest textbook?
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2011, 08:53:37 pm »
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Quote from: m@tty on February 04, 2011, 07:27:14 pm
Eh, I never did textbook questions. They were fairly useless, I found. I used Heinemann too..
what DID you do then?
Checkpoints or prac exams from the start?
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Re: Hardest textbook?
« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2011, 09:18:49 pm »
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Quote from: m@tty on February 04, 2011, 07:27:14 pm
Eh, I never did textbook questions. They were fairly useless, I found. I used Heinemann too..

Agreed. I also used Heinemann, and thought the questions were of a pretty low standard.
Personally, I'd recommend the Neap books then Checkpoints.
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Re: Hardest textbook?
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2011, 09:54:02 pm »
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Quote from: luken93 on February 04, 2011, 08:53:37 pm
Quote from: m@tty on February 04, 2011, 07:27:14 pm
Eh, I never did textbook questions. They were fairly useless, I found. I used Heinemann too..
what DID you do then?
Checkpoints or prac exams from the start?

ahaha, that's a secret.. ;)

I got lazy with checkpoints too. :)

I just read and understood the material, and answered a few questions here, then did 10-15 practice exams for each semester.
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Re: Hardest textbook?
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2011, 10:35:08 pm »
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Take a look here:

http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,34320.0.html

(my first poll - so proud ^_^)
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Re: Hardest textbook?
« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2011, 01:17:32 pm »
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wow Heinemann wins by a long shot LOL. By the way, would there be any recommended uni chemistry books that are quite relevant to the VCE course that I could use as well? I've heard learning further ahead of the VCE course helps deepen our understanding so I'd like to check it out for myself.
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Re: Hardest textbook?
« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2011, 01:20:52 pm »
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Quote from: Ematuro on February 05, 2011, 01:17:32 pm
wow Heinemann wins by a long shot LOL. By the way, would there be any recommended uni chemistry books that are quite relevant to the VCE course that I could use as well? I've heard learning further ahead of the VCE course helps deepen our understanding so I'd like to check it out for myself.

I sometimes use a book by Raymond Chang called 'Chemistry'
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Re: Hardest textbook?
« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2011, 09:19:15 pm »
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My school uses Heinemann too, but our chemistry teacher recommends we also do questions from Nelson and also Study On. I really like the Study On questions, and I like the Nelson explanations, which I think are very clear.
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Re: Hardest textbook?
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2011, 09:40:19 pm »
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If you're looking for challenging questions, i suggest you try Neap and TSFX, textbooks aren't exactly designed to be 'challenging', they're just a resources to develop your foundations.
I use nelson though, it's quite good, heinemann is also pretty good.
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Re: Hardest textbook?
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2011, 10:16:43 pm »
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^^ TSFX questions are fairly basic btw. NEAP is much better.
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Re: Hardest textbook?
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2011, 11:07:47 pm »
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But are TSFX better than textbooks at least? Also, where would I get NEAP questions from? The NEAP study guide?
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