How are you going to study for methods?

[danieltennis]

Hey guys,
how are you guys going to study for coming exams?
Here is my extremely elaborate preparation ideas, but hopefully i can get through most of them.

-A+ exams
-Checkpoints
-Neap Books
-Past VCAA exams
-Itute Papers
-trial TSFX papers
-Exambusters
-Do all the chapter reviews of Essential
-MAV exams
-TSSM exams
-A+ Methods Notes questions
-Heffernan exams
-Revise in a month questions
-kilhaba exams
-Leading Edge QUESTIONS
-and understand everything, LOL

=X yeah, i'm hoping to get through most of it. I don't want any regrets after the exams are over.

[dusty_girl1144]

check points and exams.

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Plenty of exams

[danieltennis]

Should i hit the exams immediately? Or revise thoroughly through the text book?

[Golfa]

check points and exams.

is check points worth buying?

[dusty_girl1144]

well im gettin all the help i can get...

its past exam quesitons so im assuming it is worth buying it

[*Roxxii*]

Should i hit the exams immediately? Or revise thoroughly through the text book?

I prefer to revise thoroughly first, and then start doing exams.
So over the next week, i'm gonna revise the whole course.
And on the holidays i'll start doing exam questions
Oooooh and i have a special tutor that will help me out on the holidays XD yayyyyy

[Mao]

beware that checkpoints is purely from past VCAA exam papers, so if you think you are going to hit all the papers back till 2002, then buying it would be superfluous.

the most difficult things in methods are the analysis questions (and this is the case for many people), and in light of this, I do suggest A+ notes, as they have many analysis questions with a range of difficulties to practice with.

and lastly, for exams in the old study design, dont think of them as "they're not relevant anymore". there may be a few questions on hypergeometric probability that don't apply anymore, but the rest of the questions are still very good practice.

[Mao]

Should i hit the exams immediately? Or revise thoroughly through the text book?

I prefer to revise thoroughly first, and then start doing exams.
So over the next week, i'm gonna revise the whole course.
And on the holidays i'll start doing exam questions
Oooooh and i have a special tutor that will help me out on the holidays XD yayyyyy

revision is good, but I do suggest you do not follow a textbook chapter-by-chapter. Instead, find a study guide (exambuster is good for this purpose), and go through it. This is a lot more efficient than a textbook, as study guides follows the study-design very closely. (alternatively, you can follow the study design yourself)

[polky]

Do as many practice exams as you can, imo.  Checkpoints is just past VCAA exam papers, which you can get off the VCAA website for the price of $0.

Practice practice practice is the key! Personally, I don't think there's much point in revising/writing up notes etc, just do more questions/exams and you will figure out your weaknesses through that and learn from them.

[*Roxxii*]

revision is good, but I do suggest you do not follow a textbook chapter-by-chapter. Instead, find a study guide (exambuster is good for this purpose), and go through it. This is a lot more efficient than a textbook, as study guides follows the study-design very closely. (alternatively, you can follow the study design yourself)

Yep yep, thanx, thats what i'm gonna do
I have Exambusters and A+ Notes XD
Hmm...does anyone know if Neap is any good?

[danieltennis]

revision is good, but I do suggest you do not follow a textbook chapter-by-chapter. Instead, find a study guide (exambuster is good for this purpose), and go through it. This is a lot more efficient than a textbook, as study guides follows the study-design very closely. (alternatively, you can follow the study design yourself)

So don't go through the text book, right?

[*Roxxii*]

revision is good, but I do suggest you do not follow a textbook chapter-by-chapter. Instead, find a study guide (exambuster is good for this purpose), and go through it. This is a lot more efficient than a textbook, as study guides follows the study-design very closely. (alternatively, you can follow the study design yourself)

So don't go through the text book, right?

I reckon at the very most, do the chapter reviews.
Going through the entire book takes way too long...its valuable time you could be spending on exam questions.
Or alternatively, you can go straight to doing like exambusters or something, and then if there is a certain area you're not so good at...then you can go over it from your text book for some more practise.

And what i meant by revising first and then do exams was...
I'm gonna do revision by doing those exam revision books, and then start doing proper practice exams under timed conditions

[droodles]

Do as many practice exams as you can, imo.  Checkpoints is just past VCAA exam papers, which you can get off the VCAA website for the price of $0.

Practice practice practice is the key! Personally, I don't think there's much point in revising/writing up notes etc, just do more questions/exams and you will figure out your weaknesses through that and learn from them.

[ReVeL]

Ok here's what I plan to get through.

Initially:
- Essential Chapter Reviews. (maybe not all of them)
- Review Itute notes.
- Checkpoints.
- Review all SAC's and worksheets.

Then into timed exams:
- A+ exams.
- Atleast the last 3 years papers. (both exams for each)
- Any extra exams the school gives me.

Hope that will be enough.

Also, afew people have said they're getting A+ notes and just wanted to ask if you order them seperately to the exams or do they come with them?

Cheers.