Time management for students is often a delicate balancing act. It’s especially a conundrum for students who continue to work while they study. It isn’t always possible to cut out work, especially because of home situations or a genuine desire to get some experience. So how can you manage your time effectively to make sure… Continue reading Managing Your Time While Working and Studying
The Benefits and Importance of Learning About Grammar
For many students in Australian schools, grammar is something that an early primary school teacher touched on, and then never returned to. You might remember that verbs are doing words, adjectives are describing words and nouns are things, places and names. But beyond that? Most students are largely unaware of grammar, and instead prefer to… Continue reading The Benefits and Importance of Learning About Grammar
Informal Language: Understanding Phonology & Syntax
This is it, guys – school is now officially back from everyone and it’s now time to develop those GOOD habits throughout all of 2016. Part of these good habits includes thoroughly understanding terms and how they can be applied to texts at the CONCEPTUAL LEVEL. What do I mean by this? I mean not just… Continue reading Informal Language: Understanding Phonology & Syntax
Tips for Short Answer & Analytical Commentary
As we commence the start of the school year for 2017, I just want to publish a quick article to all new English Language students for 2017 on how they succeed in their upcoming SACs – be it short answer or analytical commentary. I’ll leave essay for the moment and dedicate a future post to… Continue reading Tips for Short Answer & Analytical Commentary
How VCE Subject Scaling Actually Works
A common cause of confusion for students and parents alike is the VCE scaling system. Upon receiving subject study scores, a student with a raw 30 in Latin would be ecstatic about their scaled score of 46, while a Systems Engineering student picking up a raw 30 might be less thrilled about their scaled score… Continue reading How VCE Subject Scaling Actually Works
Creating a Study Timetable: Study Techniques
It can be difficult to study when there’s nothing to hold you to account: why not make a study timetable? Here are some steps which will help you create your basic study timetable. Know your existing commitments. It’s worth knowing what you want to prioritise, especially if you know you’re going to be busy with… Continue reading Creating a Study Timetable: Study Techniques
How to Write a Study Schedule
Study schedules are often at the top of most students’ to-do list at the beginning of the academic year, but much like New Year’s Resolutions, are soon tried and forgotten within a month. This is often because students are trying to do too much study, too fast, and not leaving enough room for all of… Continue reading How to Write a Study Schedule
Math Methods – Differentiation 2/5 – Product, Quotient Rules
If you studied part 1 of this course, you would be familiar with differentiating polynomials and trigonometric functions. You would also be aware of how important differentiation is for exam 1! (Approximately 25%!) Now for two fundamental rules: the Product Rule and the Quotient Rule. Product Rule Unlike for addition and subtraction where you can… Continue reading Math Methods – Differentiation 2/5 – Product, Quotient Rules
Practice Exams Won’t Help You Succeed in the Chemistry Exams
The title of this article might seem counterintuitive given what you have been told by your teachers, past students or tutors. However, one of the biggest misconception that students have when it comes to doing practice exams is that quantity trumps quality. That is not the case!! The purpose of practice exams is to not… Continue reading Practice Exams Won’t Help You Succeed in the Chemistry Exams
How To Set Realistic Goals
We have all set ourselves goals at one point or another. Sometimes we are successful in our endeavours, big and small, whether in raising our grades, saving for a formal dress or simply getting our chores done before our parents come home. However, when we fail to achieve our goals, it is often because the… Continue reading How To Set Realistic Goals