Text Book Exercises
Advice, Do's and Don'ts
Do |
Don't |
|---|---|
| 1) The correct pages in the book, keep it relevant | 1) Just do the first few parts of a question and skip the rest |
| 2) All of the questions recommended by your teacher | 2) Just focus on the things that you can already do |
| 3) Ensure that you attempt a variety of each question type | 3) Just choose the quickest questions |
| 4) Time how long you are spending on them. Are you actively working for an hour, are they taking longer than they should? | 4) Move on too soon if you don't understand something |
| 5) Mark your answers from the back of the book and ensure that you understand any corrections required | 5) Forget to look at the worked examples in the text book |
| 6) Seek help for anything that you are still struggling with | 6) Copy answers out the back of the book! |
| 7) Attempt the problem solving questions but don't spend too long on them, time might be better spent elsewhere | 7) Leave everything in the calculator and just write down answers |
| 8) Show full methods and set work out properly | 8) Get too stressed over the same questions, but do seek help with them |
| 9) Use the correct notation and language | 9) Forget to look back at the notes and examples from your lessons |
| 10) Simplify answers as far as possible | 10) Forget to write the exercises and page numbers down, so that you can easily find this work in the future |
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