Recommended Texbooks/Study Guides for Preliminary HSC? (5 Viewers)

[nick3157]

Re: Recommended Texbooks/Study Guides?

• Dot Point Physics
• Dot Point Chemistry
• Dot Point PDHPE
• HTA Modern History Study Guide
• Jacaranda HSC Physics
• Any of the Success One Exam books

Those Dot Point books are the best way to cram for an assessment because they have summaries, heaps of questions, and good answers in the back.

 

[the-derivative]

Re: Recommended Texbooks/Study Guides?

• Dot Point Physics
• Dot Point Chemistry
• Dot Point PDHPE
• HTA Modern History Study Guide
• Jacaranda HSC Physics
• Any of the Success One Exam books

Those Dot Point books are the best way to cram for an assessment because they have summaries, heaps of questions, and good answers in the back.

Dot Point is expensive though.
Our school gives us K.I.S.S Science books, and they're good but again too brief.

 

[Aerath]

Re: Recommended Texbooks/Study Guides?

• Dot Point Physics
• Dot Point Chemistry
• Dot Point PDHPE
• HTA Modern History Study Guide
• Jacaranda HSC Physics
• Any of the Success One Exam books

Those Dot Point books are the best way to cram for an assessment because they have summaries, heaps of questions, and good answers in the back.

For theory, the answers are good. For the mathematical bits, especially for Physics, the answers are often wrong, and they're not worked solutions. Same with Jacaranda Physics (however, answers are generally reliable).

Success One is good, though.

 

[The Kaiser]

Re: Recommended Texbooks/Study Guides?

Excel Mathematics Textbooks are the only ones I've heard of which have fully-worked answers.

Terry Lee.

 

[kaz1]

Re: Recommended Texbooks/Study Guides?

Terry Lee.

But isn't that only for Extension 2 Mathematics?

 

[The Kaiser]

Re: Recommended Texbooks/Study Guides?

But isn't that only for Extension 2 Mathematics?

There's Essentials of Mathematics 1 and 2 (Prelim) , and Fundamentals of Mathematics by Terry Lee (2 unit / 3 unit), as well as the 4 unit book.

 

[Aerath]

Re: Recommended Texbooks/Study Guides?

There's Essentials of Mathematics 1 and 2 (Prelim) , and Fundamentals of Mathematics by Terry Lee (2 unit / 3 unit), as well as the 4 unit book.

Eric, do you have them? Do you think it's worth the money?

 

[shaon0]

Re: Recommended Texbooks/Study Guides?

Why would you waste money on so many textbooks and study guides in Year 11?

 

[x.Exhaust.x]

Re: Recommended Texbooks/Study Guides?

Why would you waste money on so many textbooks and study guides in Year 11?

True, but if you have younger siblings, it'd be worth it.

 

[Continuum]

Re: Recommended Texbooks/Study Guides?

• Dot Point Physics
• Dot Point Chemistry
• Dot Point PDHPE
• HTA Modern History Study Guide
• Jacaranda HSC Physics
• Any of the Success One Exam books

Those Dot Point books are the best way to cram for an assessment because they have summaries, heaps of questions, and good answers in the back.

Nice list but I reckon Macquarie Guides should definately be up there as well.

 

[Aerath]

Re: Recommended Texbooks/Study Guides?

Nice list but I reckon Macquarie Guides should definately be up there as well.

Although I wouldn't buy Prelim ones now. We've only got like three months left of Yr 11. Unless you have younger siblings, of course.

 

[The Kaiser]

Re: Recommended Texbooks/Study Guides?

Eric, do you have them? Do you think it's worth the money?

Yes. Get Fundamentals, Essentials is useless at this current time. It has a great range of challenging questions, plus fully worked solutions. The only problem is that it excludes some Two Unit HSC Topics (Series, and Probability) but they are replaced with harder Year 11, 3 Unit Topics, so its all good.

 

[Continuum]

Re: Recommended Texbooks/Study Guides?

Although I wouldn't buy Prelim ones now. We've only got like three months left of Yr 11. Unless you have younger siblings, of course.

Yeah, I just borrow them from the library - forgot to check whether my school has the Chemistry one though. The Physics that I've borrowed, I've been using for about... several months?

 

[cghsjiwon]

Re: Recommended Texbooks/Study Guides?

i personally like chemistry contexts for chem
and cambridge and maths in focus for maths ext.
but really.... past papers are the best for sure !

 

[lyounamu]

Re: Recommended Texbooks/Study Guides?

Can anyone recommend me some good maths books apart from fitzpatrick, couchman, excel and cambridge?

 

[bored of sc]

Re: Recommended Texbooks/Study Guides?

Can anyone recommend me some good maths books apart from fitzpatrick, couchman, excel and cambridge?

Success One HSC Mathematics - Past Papers

Success One HSC Mathematics Extension 1 - Past Papers

Excel 3 unit maths HSC Exam Questions and Solutions

These 3 texts are not published anymore I don't think but they have Past HSC papers and I think they are really helpful with getting used to the standard of the exams and working on exam technique.

Um, so I don't know how/if you can get your hands on these but I guess you can ask around. :uhhuh:

 

[Doctor Jolly]

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Can anyone recommend me some good maths books apart from fitzpatrick, couchman, excel and cambridge?

Coroenous .. I think that's how you spell his name. Can anyone confirm?

 

[Aerath]

Re: Recommended Texbooks/Study Guides?

Coroneos.

 

[kaz1]

Re: Recommended Texbooks/Study Guides?

Can anyone recommend me some good maths books apart from fitzpatrick, couchman, excel and cambridge?

Terry Lee.

 

[Doctor Jolly]

Re: Recommended Texbooks/Study Guides?

Coroneos.

Yup that's it, thanks.

Yeah, Coroneos is pretty good. It's just the layout that's dissuasive.