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Do past papers as often as possible, maybe make a schedule (aim to have ALL the higher tier maths past papers for your exam board complete by the time GCSEs roll around). You don't necessarily have to get a teacher to mark them, but if you are self-marking, apply the mark scheme as harshly as is reasonably. You will not regret it when exam season comes around. Maybe get a teacher to mark the first few past papers you do just to get the gist of how harsh an actual examiner will be.
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Memorise your formulae off by heart and how to apply them (you may have a formula sheet but frankly you shouldn't need it unless you are calculating the volume of a pyramid or cone or something, as it wastes valuable time in the exam)
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Print off the content pages of the spec and highlight everything that you already know confidently (i.e. the things you will never forget in a million years). Then highlight the stuff you vaguely know in another colour, and finally highlight the stuff you have no idea about. Revise the stuff highlighted in the last two colours.
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It doesn't matter if you haven't covered it yet, learn the stuff you don't know. The topics in GCSE maths are quite easy anyway, so it's better to learn it twice than realise last minute that your teacher forgot to teach you something (happened to a lot of kids in my year's lower maths sets)
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Note down what scores you get in each past paper so you can check your progress and also make a list of all the mistakes you made in a past paper and revise those things before attempting the next one.
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Do past papers as often as possible, maybe make a schedule (aim to have ALL the higher tier maths past papers for your exam board complete by the time GCSEs roll around). You don't necessarily have to get a teacher to mark them, but if you are self-marking, apply the mark scheme as harshly as is reasonably. You will not regret it when exam season comes around. Maybe get a teacher to mark the first few past papers you do just to get the gist of how harsh an actual examiner will be.
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Memorise your formulae off by heart and how to apply them (you may have a formula sheet but frankly you shouldn't need it unless you are calculating the volume of a pyramid or cone or something, as it wastes valuable time in the exam)
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Print off the content pages of the spec and highlight everything that you already know confidently (i.e. the things you will never forget in a million years). Then highlight the stuff you vaguely know in another colour, and finally highlight the stuff you have no idea about. Revise the stuff highlighted in the last two colours.
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It doesn't matter if you haven't covered it yet, learn the stuff you don't know. The topics in GCSE maths are quite easy anyway, so it's better to learn it twice than realise last minute that your teacher forgot to teach you something (happened to a lot of kids in my year's lower maths sets)
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Note down what scores you get in each past paper so you can check your progress and also make a list of all the mistakes you made in a past paper and revise those things before attempting the next one.
Last reply 2 days ago
went from 3s to 9s with (literally) night before revision - ask me anything59
Last reply 2 days ago
went from 3s to 9s with (literally) night before revision - ask me anything59