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Tuesday, 5 August 2014

Math Study Tips for your HSC (Eww) | SIBT Students

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<b>Math Study Tips</b> for your HSC (Eww) | SIBT Students

<b>Math Study Tips</b> for your HSC (Eww) | SIBT Students

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 03:15 PM PDT

"A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn't     there."                                                                                       –   Charles Darwin

"A mathematical pun is the first sine of madness."                                  - Anonymous

Tetris is more fun than math.

The word "mathematics" has been threatening students for centuries. To help prevent common pre-exam symptoms of shock and horror, I've provided you with some CRUCIAL tips which will make your HSC less intimidating and ultimately help you achieve that outstanding test score.

What to expect. The paper will be out of a total of 100 marks, marks that will be harder to get as you progress (so don't get cocky at the beginning and zone out).

Take all the help you can get. There will be a list of Standard Integrals attached to your question booklet, so use it. Attempting to guess them when they are delivered to you is completely idiotic.

What's up for grabs?  The more marks a question is worth, the more love and devotion you should be showing it. If a question is worth more than one mark, you will be required to show your work for it. So show your work for it.

Calculator at the ready. Figure out if it's DEG or RAD you want to use and then make sure your calculator is in the right mode! There's nothing more upsetting than completing an exam and realising that every answer will be wrong because of your failure to press buttons correctly.

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Basic steps. There is no point in doing the work if you're not actually answering the question. Read each question carefully, more than once if necessary. Write down the formula you are using for each question before you dive into equating and calculating willy-nilly.

Don't undo. Don't go wild with the eraser if you think something's wrong – you can still get marks for showing your work if you're demonstrating correct problem solving methods. Leave all your scribbling behind as proof that you do (if only partially) know what you're doing.

Re-check. Once you have completed every question, go back and check each one carefully, making sure you've answered all the components of a question. Use your calculator to re-trace your problem-solving steps and make sure you come up with the same solution. If you don't, you've got a little detective work to do to find out where you strayed from the path of correctness.

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<b>Study Tips</b> for Common Core <b>Math</b> Testing - Bright Hub Education

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 09:00 PM PDT

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7 <b>Tips</b> to Improve Your <b>Mathematics</b> | Better <b>Math</b> Tuition

Posted: 01 Aug 2014 01:29 AM PDT

Mathematics can be a difficult topic to some students. Many people have come up with different theories to justify why they are poor at math. "Is it because my parents are poor in mathematics, hence I have their genes for being poor in mathematics too?" "Is it because I didn't do well in maths when I'm 8 years old, hence when I'm 16 years old now, I cannot improve my grades anymore?"

We are not sure how true these theories are, but what we can tell you is that these theories don't matter. We have helped students, regardless of their backgrounds, to improve their mathematics concept and foundation.

Here are 7 tips that can help you to improve your grades today:

1. Never skip a math topic

In every grade, there are a few math topics that a student has to finish learning. However, the bad habit in some students is to forgo some difficult topics and hope that they are not important in the examination. Yes, some topics may not carry high marks in the examination, but they will affect your understand at the next grade.

Don't skip a topic because it is difficult. Find time to understand and master it.

2. Don't just read. Do it. 

For every topic, there are questions to do to build the foundation for that topic. Most students like to read the topic, and thought that they understand it. There is a big difference between knowing it, and applying it. Most students don't know how to apply the concepts learn to solve problem sums.

Math is different from other subjects like history, where you can score A just by memorizing. You have to do the sums in order to understand and score A from it.

3. Help your younger friends

If you are doing well in certain math topics, go and help any friends who needs help. They may be your younger friends who just need some advice from you because he understands you better than his teacher. When you teach them, you also help yourself by solidifying the math principles you have learnt.

This will help to improve your math, and help your friend's too!

4. Keep your workings neat

When doing math, it is very common to write fast and scribble our writings on the paper. It is important to keep your workings neat. This is not only for the teachers who are marking your scripts, but it is for you to look back at your own work for revision.

By keeping the writings neat, you can easily read through the train of thought that go through your mind when you're solving the questions. This will help you to implement the same thought process when you encounter the same issues again.

5. Always clarify, don't assume

Math can be confusing some times and we may thought some math concepts are the same. Hence, it is always important to clarify with your teachers or tutors about any questions you may have, than to make your own assumptions.

6. Study related topics together

This is a big tip when it comes to revision. Studying related topics together can build momentum and increase your confidence level to head into the examination hall. In math, there are topics that are closely related to each other. Example – Differentiation & Integration. They are under the concept of Calculus. Inside Calculus, you have more topics, like Calculation of Area and Volume.

When you study these topics together, you see that many formula are inter-linked and this helped you to study both chapters within the same time together. When you master one topic, you have also mastered the other topic at the same time.

7. Get a math buddy

The best way to learn anything, is to learn with a friend. If you have a good friend, make him your learning buddy. It is okay if both of you are not scoring well in math. But both of you must be willing to work hard to improve your grades. The worst person to study with, is the person with lousy learning attitude that drains your motivation and energy.

With a math buddy, both of you can motivate each other, teach other, and most importantly, score A together.

For more tips on improving your math, you can watch the video below. It shows you some tricks how to study your math!

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