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Offline josephwhite

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topically or yearly?
« on: November 24, 2009, 08:27:57 am »
which one is d best wat 2 revise via past papers? Topics by topics or per year..? My teacha said dat yearly is good 4 whole revision..but my friend said topical is better because we can focus on one topic each...wat do u think?

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Re: topically or yearly?
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2009, 08:37:40 am »
A mix is best. Concentrate on past papers closer to your exams.

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Re: topically or yearly?
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2009, 10:12:21 am »
if u have not finished the portion then topically is preferred (which i don't like)

but once u finish all the portion
u can start yearly.
and finish many years in a row.
do 10-15 yearly papers (like example 2000-2009), and then check with the markscheme

write down the mark scheme points there with pencil.
this will allow u to ace the subject

and this will help u while revising (u can see ur mistakes and what mark schemes mention)

also sometimes the questions are quite repeated in some subjects, so u can know what answer is preferred through the markscheme.

hope it helped.

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Re: topically or yearly?
« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2009, 10:38:04 am »
Do topical paper questions as you run through the course and do yearly ones once you are done with the whole syllabus. ;)