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EDIT:
Adding something from myself, with lots of hindsight
Do past papers. A person who does 30 past papers can ensure himself/herself a 90+ mark. Guaranteed. If you can do 20 trial papers and previous 10 HSC papers, and knows how to do every question in every one of those 30 papers, WILL get 90+, if not 95+. GUARANTEED. ^_^
10 tips that I found on the hsc.csu.edu.au website
1. Find out all you can about the format of the exam.
Time allowed, number of questions, marks and average time spent per question.
Number of parts, topics tested.
Do past HSC papers to be familiar with the format and standard.
2. Be prepared.
Revise, revise, revise!
Bring pens, pencil, calculator (check calculator works!) your brain (ditto!).
Eat and sleep well, be early, be confident, be a little nervous.
3. Use the reading time to plan your exam.
Read all instructions carefully.
Skim through all questions to see the work that is ahead of you.
Mark the difficult questions (*) which will require more time &endash; plan your time!
4. Spend the first minute of each question planning and thinking.
You don�t need to be writing all of the time. (What you�re writing may be wrong and a waste of time!)
Read each question carefully and decide what needs to be found.
Make sure you use all the information given.
5. Pace yourself & keep an eye on the time.
Work steadily ; make sure you are not spending too much time on one question.
Don�t rush or you�ll make silly mistakes, and your work will be messy.
Don�t panic if you run out of time &endash; it is better to get most questions right than to get all questions wrong. Complete the work you do know, rather than rushing.
6. Write clearly, draw big diagrams.
Show working, spread out your work neatly, use as much paper as you like.
Demonstrate to the marker that you know your Maths.
Write down the page, not across. Use words and diagrams if appropriate.
Don�t use liquid paper. Draw a line through mistakes. Use pencil only for diagrams. Why? Markers are instructed to read ALL working, ever the bit which is crossed out.
7. Make sure you have answered the question.
Does it sound reasonable? Correct units included? Correct no. of decimal places?
Highlight the final answer in a box. Should you write it in a sentence?
Easier questions are at the front. Do them first to boost your confidence.
Feel confident about yourself when you have answered a question correctly.
8. Attempt every question.
Aim to earn some marks for every question, even if it requires an educated guess.
Try to finish each question before moving on, so that you don�t have to worry about coming back to it.
If a question is too hard, skip it and leave time to come back to it later.
9. Move on if you�re getting nowhere.
If your working-out of a hard question is taking too long, then it�s probably wrong!
If you�re stuck, don�t waste valuable time getting bogged down. Stop, retrace your steps, think about a simpler method, or start again. Sometimes it�s even better to skip the question and return to it with a fresh mind.
10. At the end of the exam, check your work, and go back and attempt harder or uncertain questions.
And remember, one of the rules that markers are given is this:
When in doubt, go in favour of the student.
ie, the marker is looking to give you marks. The marker is looking for excuses to give you marks. For example, a question says to evaluate a certain equation and to give the answer to 3 significant figures. If you can't do the equation and get the right answer, right a random number to 3 significant figures. . . you get one mark!
hehe, before anyone says im plagiarising, I got most, if not all, of this from the hsc.csu.edu.au website. Check it out, but it takes a while to navigate. hehe
Edit:
Adding something from myself, with lots of hindsight
Do past papers. A person who does 30 past papers can ensure himself/herself a 90+ mark. Guaranteed. If you can do 20 trial papers and previous 10 HSC papers, and knows how to do every question in every one of those 30 papers, WILL get 90+, if not 95+. GUARANTEED. ^_^
Adding something from myself, with lots of hindsight
Do past papers. A person who does 30 past papers can ensure himself/herself a 90+ mark. Guaranteed. If you can do 20 trial papers and previous 10 HSC papers, and knows how to do every question in every one of those 30 papers, WILL get 90+, if not 95+. GUARANTEED. ^_^
10 tips that I found on the hsc.csu.edu.au website
1. Find out all you can about the format of the exam.
Time allowed, number of questions, marks and average time spent per question.
Number of parts, topics tested.
Do past HSC papers to be familiar with the format and standard.
2. Be prepared.
Revise, revise, revise!
Bring pens, pencil, calculator (check calculator works!) your brain (ditto!).
Eat and sleep well, be early, be confident, be a little nervous.
3. Use the reading time to plan your exam.
Read all instructions carefully.
Skim through all questions to see the work that is ahead of you.
Mark the difficult questions (*) which will require more time &endash; plan your time!
4. Spend the first minute of each question planning and thinking.
You don�t need to be writing all of the time. (What you�re writing may be wrong and a waste of time!)
Read each question carefully and decide what needs to be found.
Make sure you use all the information given.
5. Pace yourself & keep an eye on the time.
Work steadily ; make sure you are not spending too much time on one question.
Don�t rush or you�ll make silly mistakes, and your work will be messy.
Don�t panic if you run out of time &endash; it is better to get most questions right than to get all questions wrong. Complete the work you do know, rather than rushing.
6. Write clearly, draw big diagrams.
Show working, spread out your work neatly, use as much paper as you like.
Demonstrate to the marker that you know your Maths.
Write down the page, not across. Use words and diagrams if appropriate.
Don�t use liquid paper. Draw a line through mistakes. Use pencil only for diagrams. Why? Markers are instructed to read ALL working, ever the bit which is crossed out.
7. Make sure you have answered the question.
Does it sound reasonable? Correct units included? Correct no. of decimal places?
Highlight the final answer in a box. Should you write it in a sentence?
Easier questions are at the front. Do them first to boost your confidence.
Feel confident about yourself when you have answered a question correctly.
8. Attempt every question.
Aim to earn some marks for every question, even if it requires an educated guess.
Try to finish each question before moving on, so that you don�t have to worry about coming back to it.
If a question is too hard, skip it and leave time to come back to it later.
9. Move on if you�re getting nowhere.
If your working-out of a hard question is taking too long, then it�s probably wrong!
If you�re stuck, don�t waste valuable time getting bogged down. Stop, retrace your steps, think about a simpler method, or start again. Sometimes it�s even better to skip the question and return to it with a fresh mind.
10. At the end of the exam, check your work, and go back and attempt harder or uncertain questions.
And remember, one of the rules that markers are given is this:
When in doubt, go in favour of the student.
ie, the marker is looking to give you marks. The marker is looking for excuses to give you marks. For example, a question says to evaluate a certain equation and to give the answer to 3 significant figures. If you can't do the equation and get the right answer, right a random number to 3 significant figures. . . you get one mark!
hehe, before anyone says im plagiarising, I got most, if not all, of this from the hsc.csu.edu.au website. Check it out, but it takes a while to navigate. hehe
Edit:
Adding something from myself, with lots of hindsight
Do past papers. A person who does 30 past papers can ensure himself/herself a 90+ mark. Guaranteed. If you can do 20 trial papers and previous 10 HSC papers, and knows how to do every question in every one of those 30 papers, WILL get 90+, if not 95+. GUARANTEED. ^_^
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