Where am I going wrong... (1 Viewer)

[Isomer]

So basically I moved from a 300+ school to a 50+ school, and my math marks have gotten so bad, literally in the 60%-70% range whereas I used to get 99%+ in my previous school. The main reason for this is because I haven't been exposed to the more "exam-style" questions selective schools tend to have which are really hard

I have a private tutor (who is not from Australia) and they teach me the content by taking extracts from Cambridge, NSM, etc and towards an exam we do like 2-3 papers from THSC

My problem is that my marks haven't been getting any better, so I am really confused if I should stay or move tuitions?... Is it because I'm not doing enough preparation? Where am I going wrong?...

 

[Life'sHard]

Get a new tutor. Get someone to teach you who knows the inner workings of the NSW syllabus and exactly what kinds of questions can show up. You have to be honest with yourself tho. Are you putting in the effort to get a 99% or do you think following your old ways will just get you through?

 

[Isomer]

In that case could anyone recommend any good place for math advanced and math extension 1 tutoring?

 

[Isomer]

Are you putting in the effort to get a 99% or do you think following your old ways will just get you through?

Yeah you raise a fair point... do you have any advice on how to prepare for exams? Is there any particular textbook I should look at, or do I focus on past paper questions mainly or what should I do?

 

[GoldenMelon]

Yeah you raise a fair point... do you have any advice on how to prepare for exams? Is there any particular textbook I should look at, or do I focus on past paper questions mainly or what should I do?

I recommend focusing on past paper questions when it comes to exams. Do a variety of past paper questions especially from the schools that are ranked higher than yours. But you should do past paper questions only when you have throughly understood the content, which is what you get by doing textbook questions.

 

[wzsmartypants]

In that case could anyone recommend any good place for math advanced and math extension 1 tutoring?

tutoring centre definitely consider dr du for maths

 

[kkk579]

tutoring centre definitely consider dr du for maths

dr du = very expensive, a more affordable option is ngo and sons

 

[wzsmartypants]

dr du = very expensive, a more affordable option is ngo and sons

lmao

 

[uniqueusername1]

Kumon >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ((NGO and Suns)^(Dr Du) x (Matrix)^(Art of Smart))Talent 100

 

[nourished.]

Yeah you raise a fair point... do you have any advice on how to prepare for exams? Is there any particular textbook I should look at, or do I focus on past paper questions mainly or what should I do?

Cambridge + past papers + consistent practice = improved marks.

Don't be too harsh on yourself. Oddly enough, people have weird learning curves. Generally, it takes us more time than anticipated to get slightly better, but as soon as we get slightly better, we get a lot better. Sometimes, it might just be that you keep coming across questions you haven't seen before.