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VCE / IB exam Preparation

VCE / IB exam Preparation . By Ricky Liu . Who is Mr. Ricky Liu. 10+ years of VCE teaching experience in Victorian day schools. Experienced as a VCE Maths Method and Specialist Maths examiner. Chief Lecturer of R.L Tuition Center. Director of TK. Melbourne TAFE College.

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VCE / IB exam Preparation

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  1. VCE / IB exam Preparation By Ricky Liu

  2. Who is Mr. Ricky Liu • 10+ years of VCE teaching experience in Victorian day schools. • Experienced as a VCE Maths Method and Specialist Maths examiner. • Chief Lecturer of R.L Tuition Center. • Director of TK. Melbourne TAFE College.

  3. What Are we going to cover today? • How to achieve EXCELLENT results in the exam. • It’s a long process • Step 1 • Step 2 • Step 3 • Step 4 • Step 5

  4. WHY students struggle during the exam: • Lack of preparation and time management skills. • Wrong Method “trying to memorise” questions from textbook, note, past exam papers. • Every problem / question is different.(There are no patterns! ) • Trying to MEMORISE = FAIL . • Make sure you understand the meaning of the word “UNDERSTAND” • Poor “self-monitoring “ skill.

  5. How to get EXCELLENT results 5 Steps: • Use CORRECT structure when solving problems. • Use proper Revision Skill. • Time Management ( Before exam & During exam ) • Only 4 months to go! • Tailor a personal plan / timeline for “YOURSELF”. • Practise , practise and practise! • *Correct “Mind-Set” + “Self-monitoring” 92% of the pervious RL students who achieved 90+ ATAR or 7 in IB have followed these.

  6. Steps 1: Correct structure for solving problems: • “Always have a plan about how to solve the question before you start. • Never use your feelings to solve problem.” • Try to explain to / guide yourself when solving each exam question. • Keep talking to yourself! • Break down a BIG question into small parts, and solve each step separately. • Refer each question to a correct topic (RL note) • Ask yourself, what have I learnt in that topic? • Understand the definition of “HARD” question. What is a HARD question? • You don’t understand what the question is asking? • You can’t interpret the information provided to you in the question?

  7. example: you are revising for maths method right now and you are up to the topic of inverse function. what ideas have jumped into your mind? Step 2: Revision Skill Look at the different names of each chapter on theindexand ask yourself: “what have I learnt in this topic? “

  8. INVERSE FUNCTIONS How about the next two points:

  9. Step 3a: Time Management (During exam) “I ran out of time!”….. Why? • Relay too much on clac. • Lack of practice. • Not familiar with the index and concepts. • Can’t refer the question to “the specific topic” • Using wrong method e.g: over using quotient rule, not using the information provided in the question. • Not using the “READING TIME” properly!

  10. How to use your 15 mins reading time Exam 2 • Use at least 10+ mins to read through the Extend Response questions. • Read with a calmattitude. Understand all the story and information provided in each question. • Familiarize yourself with the questions by linking them back to a specific topic. • *After this 15mins you should have a rough idea which part of the question you can handle and which sub-questions are “hard” • Well-managed reading time = prevents you from running out of time. • Keep your eyes on the clock, try to finish what you can do within the first 90mins. ( 65mins for Application part, 25mins for 22 MC )

  11. Skill to answer each question During the Exam? • Make sure you know how many marks each question or sub-question is worth! • Set up your solution structure by referring to the marks. • One mark question = answer mark only. • “Answers” are less important than “STEPS” and structures. • Who is going to read / mark your exam? • For questions worth more than one mark, consequential marks will be given for each correct step even with a wrong answer. • Clear steps = better score and less careless mistakes!

  12. Skill to answer each question During the Exam? (continued….) • Dealing with easy or moderate level questions. • Think about the relevant topic(s). • Ask yourself: “what did I learn in that topic?”. • Dealing with the “Hard” question. • Clear understanding of what is being asked and pick up the informationprovided by the question. • Read the question again, again and again! • A quick check before the next question…..e.g: • Is the question asking for exact value or 2 decimal places? • Correct unit i.e hrs or mins? • Did you fully answer the current question?

  13. Lets Try it! I would recommend you to try doing the questions below first, before checking the solutions.(remember, as I said before you need to do math and not read math!!) see how many marks you can get.

  14. Common Mistake Questions in exam Q 1: Find the inverse function for (3 marks)

  15. SOLUTIONS Q 1: Find the inverse function for (3 marks) Hint 1: common mistake: From square to Sq. root must show . Hint 3: Finding the dom of : always approach by using the eq. of f(x) , sketch f(x) and find the range of f(x). Never use the eq of to find its dom. COMMON MISTAKE: if your ans is which show that you didn’t concern the given domain when sketching. Hint 2: Reject one of the solutions (since inverse only exist in 1 to 1 function. Choose the +ve. Ans since the domain of is (-1, 0 )

  16. SOLUTIONS Step 1: draw the original graph. Step 2: Abs. the x-value. (keep the positive x-value, put a mirror on y-axis.) Step 3: shift down 2 unit

  17. SOLUTIONS Common mistake: 1. No mark if you forgot to write “dx”.2. Never use modulus within the integrate expression!! 3. Since the area is symmetrical so we can just double one side. 2 4

  18. SOLUTIONS Since gradient will not exist in cusp, discontinuous pt. and end pt.!!

  19. 2 typical “hard” questions A. -2 B. 2 C. - 3 D. 3 E. 0.5

  20. Step 3B: Time Management (Before exam) • Plan your own monthly / weekly / daily TIMELINE & TIMETABLE from today until the day before the exam. • Try to follow it! At least you will know if you are behind. Practise , practise and practise! • At least 20exam papers (paper 1&2) for each subject. • Start doing past exam papers during term 2 break! • Start from year 2011, 2 – 3 exams per week • Finish the whole paper under exam conditions. • Follow the reading time + the writing time. • If you are stuck on a “Hard” question, go over your notes or RL notes, before seeking help or checking the solution. • ***Create a “My Mistake Collection” booklet. • Copy down all the mistakes that you have made. • Revise all the mistakes your have made 1 week before your exam.

  21. Special Tips for you (Steps 4 and 5) • Understand yourself / your personality: • There is “No miracles” • Don’t lie to yourself! • After exam, people say “I don’t care!” • Lots of temptation during study! • Study in Library! ( Purpose ? ) • *Set up an alarm, snooze every 15mins while studying. • Make yourself “motivated”: • You’ve studied 12 yrs for this upcoming exam. • High ATAR = A chance to choose your course and your dream • 4 more months of HARD work 3 months of CRAZY & WILD holiday. • Set up a reward / bigger temptation, discuss with your parent! (Excuse for loser)

  22. Good luck to all of you. • 4 useful gifts from RL Tuition. “Work Hard, Play Hard” R.L Tuition Level 1, 364 – 372 Lonsdale st, Melbourne (03) 9376 6007 www.rltuition.com “No Pain, No Gain”

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