GCSE Study and Revision Groups 2022-2023

Aw nice, anyone got any revision tips for those nasty questions at the end of math papers?

The best thing is practice ( my maths teacher - i had a conversation w him about those really really hard circle theorems which are so hard to grasp on to and asked him how he can do it so well and he said to practice as many times until u get the hang of it)

--- use corbett maths, or maths genie which can be easier to navigate through the types of Qs bc it tells you what grade each type is worth.
--- Also how I did well (in further maths gcse ) was I watched yt videos to explain how to do harder things before i try the Qs out myself.
--- I also used Doctor Frost maths which is for free just sign up ( and this is quite good for challenging topics ) and use your school name and it automatically marks them online and sometimes there are yt links to the question which u will usually find at the top of the practice question .
also : corbett maths is ok butt it kind of gives you easy qs at the start so if you want the harder versions of the topic, scroll to the end of the maths paper. his yt videos helped me a lot.
If you have time ( e.g like 3 months before mocks ) and want to gradually get better, which i'm trying to do, i've heard from many people with grade 9s that corbett's 5 a day helps, especially the higher plus/ higher if u wanna get those hard qs right https://corbettmaths.com/5-a-day/gcse/
lmk if anything el

Aw nice, anyone got any revision tips for those nasty questions at the end of math papers?

A hidden gem is the GCSE Maths Tutor channel on Youtube that goes through the 5 Hardest GCSE Questions in each topic step-by-step. He's got an abundance of videos for people at different levels and goes through each question with clarity. Just to reiterate, Dr Frost Maths is a great resource for challenging questions. The CGP Targeted Grade 9 Workbooks are also quite useful - I notice CGP can get a bad rep for being overly simplistic but some of their targeted workbooks can be effective for securing those top grades.
Also - might sound meaningless but I used to have a hard time with these questions because of my mindset in believing these questions were really difficult. If you try to work out some aspect of the question that may not be related to the answer it can help. Being stumped by something that may appear really complex is the first mistake many make because it's really about just breaking it down and going at it logically. Mind be helpful to consider your personal barriers to these types of questions.

The best thing is practice ( my maths teacher - i had a conversation w him about those really really hard circle theorems which are so hard to grasp on to and asked him how he can do it so well and he said to practice as many times until u get the hang of it)

--- use corbett maths, or maths genie which can be easier to navigate through the types of Qs bc it tells you what grade each type is worth.
--- Also how I did well (in further maths gcse ) was I watched yt videos to explain how to do harder things before i try the Qs out myself.
--- I also used Doctor Frost maths which is for free just sign up ( and this is quite good for challenging topics ) and use your school name and it automatically marks them online and sometimes there are yt links to the question which u will usually find at the top of the practice question .
also : corbett maths is ok butt it kind of gives you easy qs at the start so if you want the harder versions of the topic, scroll to the end of the maths paper. his yt videos helped me a lot.
If you have time ( e.g like 3 months before mocks ) and want to gradually get better, which i'm trying to do, i've heard from many people with grade 9s that corbett's 5 a day helps, especially the higher plus/ higher if u wanna get those hard qs right https://corbettmaths.com/5-a-day/gcse/
lmk if anything else <3

Aw nice, anyone got any revision tips for those nasty questions at the end of math papers?

A hidden gem is the GCSE Maths Tutor channel on Youtube that goes through the 5 Hardest GCSE Questions in each topic step-by-step. He's got an abundance of videos for people at different levels and goes through each question with clarity. Just to reiterate, Dr Frost Maths is a great resource for challenging questions. The CGP Targeted Grade 9 Workbooks are also quite useful - I notice CGP can get a bad rep for being overly simplistic but some of their targeted workbooks can be effective for securing those top grades.
Also - might sound meaningless but I used to have a hard time with these questions because of my mindset in believing these questions were really difficult. If you try to work out some aspect of the question that may not be related to the answer it can help. Being stumped by something that may appear really complex is the first mistake many make because it's really about just breaking it down and going at it logically. Mind be helpful to consider your personal barriers to these types of questions.

A hidden gem is the GCSE Maths Tutor channel on Youtube that goes through the 5 Hardest GCSE Questions in each topic step-by-step. He's got an abundance of videos for people at different levels and goes through each question with clarity. Just to reiterate, Dr Frost Maths is a great resource for challenging questions. The CGP Targeted Grade 9 Workbooks are also quite useful - I notice CGP can get a bad rep for being overly simplistic but some of their targeted workbooks can be effective for securing those top grades.
Also - might sound meaningless but I used to have a hard time with these questions because of my mindset in believing these questions were really difficult. If you try to work out some aspect of the question that may not be related to the answer it can help. Being stumped by something that may appear really complex is the first mistake many make because it's really about just breaking it down and going at it logically. Mind be helpful to consider your personal barriers to these types of questions.

How do you not become stumped? I’ve tried countless times to just try to get it but I always end up looking to the board at my teachers explanation since I can’t get it myself. Examples of personal barriers? Also I’ve been using the CGP books for about a couple months now, THE GRADE 9 ONE IS SO HARD 😭 tips pls

Personal barriers: believing you cannot reach to the answer. You have to remember that it is a GCSE question aimed for the higher level students, not an impossible mathematical question unsolved by even the greatest mathematicians on the planet, if you have the intellectual stamina, it's not at all beyond the realms of possibility to solve it.

General tips:
For the first few 'difficult' questions really persist no matter how long it takes, work out what you can in the question and it is likely to get you closer to the real answer.
Try the question in the confines of your own home without the time/social pressures of class.
Don't feel disheartened if you cannot answer them at first, check the mark schemes for explanations and really internalise them rather than just writing them down, they are likely to be repeated anyway.
Really KNOW the fundamentals of each topic before you try the harder questions otherwise it is impossible without the preliminary knowledge of easier questions, build your way up to the harder question.