Do you self study?

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www.livemaths.co.uk
This taught me furthermaths verrrry well
I then used maths-forum for help on questions
So i got an A, by using those two sites and self teaching.

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anonanon123123

I do Further Maths and Biology A2 entirely on my own. The only input anyone has had is letting me use a lab for a day in my old 6th form to do my Biology practicals (which was very nice of them :smile:

). And to be honest, if someone gets tutors, it's not really "self studying"...

My exams in June: FP1, FP2, M3, STEP I, STEP II, AEA Maths, Biology unit 6

For the FM modules, I just do the exercises in the book + past papers. For Biology, cram revision guide 2 days before so that all the info is fresh and retrievable. For AEA/STEP, I'm just doing loads of past papers.

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Jingo Vimes

AshleyT

www.livemaths.co.uk
This taught me furthermaths verrrry well
I then used maths-forum for help on questions
So i got an A, by using those two sites and self teaching.

If only I'd have known about this 9 months ago! Unfortunately, it doesn't have much material for WJEC's FP's, but it looks great.

ziedj

to be honest, if someone gets tutors, it's not really "self studying"...

I don't agree with this. One hour a week of tutoring is noting compared the contact time you get for a subject in school, where they also set you structured exercises which guide you in the right direction for what you need to know. My tutor just answers any quieries that i have on any particular subject, maybe explains a little theory and so on. Its like a weekly progress check!

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Nambat

I'm currently teaching myself a few subjects before i go back

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Jingo Vimes

Nambat

I'm currently teaching myself a few subjects before i go back

go back to where?

Reply 25

JB Johnstone

My friend moved to China last year and he had to learn A-level maths in a summer.
I think he found it very tough at first, but after settling into a routine he found it ok.

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Nambat

to college, sorry if that post seemed a bit cryptic.

Reply 27

laeof

Jingo Vimes

If only I'd have known about this 9 months ago! Unfortunately, it doesn't have much material for WJEC's FP's, but it looks great.

I don't agree with this. One hour a week of tutoring is noting compared the contact time you get for a subject in school, where they also set you structured exercises which guide you in the right direction for what you need to know. My tutor just answers any quieries that i have on any particular subject, maybe explains a little theory and so on. Its like a weekly progress check!

I found with certain things they just didn't put it in the right sections.
Aka lots of the OCR FP stuff could probably go in the WJEC's section as well.

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username163092

I'm self-teaching all of unit 5 Biology and the last 1/2 of all of my History modules. It's fine, apart from being left a little late. Of course, I need a teacher to mark my essays, so my history teacher's going to be given a nice essay of two tomorrow :colone:

Also, books are easy enough to come by, the internet has past papers for free and TSR is always there when you don't understand something :yep:

Reply 29

bananaterracottapie

caroline147

Well, I know I said I had a lot of free time but it seems to melt away shockingly quickly :emo:

I still have to fit studying in around job/friend stuff. So my timetables are normally quite vague, to be honest. I tend to study a unit over a week/two weeks (depending on subjects ie. maths/physics notes take less time than history/philosophy ones!), so my timetables are more notes on which units I'm covering on which weeks. I never quite keep up with the timetable though haha, so I do end up cramming a bit before exams instead of studying completely consistently :p:

It's really not been that difficult so far though, I enjoy it.

I've not always self-studied, no, but last year (my AS year) I was really ill and missed a lot of college so ended up having to learn at home/in hospital from textbooks instead. Then after my exams, I realised that it suited me much better to learn that way so I quit college and have been self-teaching all this year for my A2s.

Are you thinking of self-studying?

sounds good, not sure id be able to be that disciplined though lol.
yeah i am :smile:

how much does it cost for each a2 level?
im mainly worried about english because that has coursework.
also which would u say are hardest subjects out of the ones u do?

answer me pleash :'(