1. How do you produce a stand-out essay? There is only one thing that lets you stand out from the thousands of talented students in Literature: originality. This means coming up with your own ideas about texts, and writing in a personal style. If you find this difficult, don’t stress: lateral thinking can be learned… Continue reading How to Study for VCE English Literature – The 3 Common FAQs
How to Study for VCE Business Management – The 3 Common FAQs
1. How do I study for Business Management? Firstly, use the dot points of the study design to create your notes to ensure that you aren’t missing any concepts! Start to do practice questions throughout the year, not just when its exam time. In particular, look at areas in past exams where students didn’t do… Continue reading How to Study for VCE Business Management – The 3 Common FAQs
How to Study for VCE Biology – The Three Common FAQs!
1. There’s so much content. How do I know what I need to know? While there’s some variation in what you need to know for SACs depending on your school, the VCE Biology Study Design will have an outline of the main concepts you definitely need to have mastered before going into the exam. For… Continue reading How to Study for VCE Biology – The Three Common FAQs!
How to Study for VCE Specialist Maths – The Three Common FAQs!
1. When do I start studying for exams? And what’s the best way to do it? As with all maths subjects, Specialist is all about practice, practise, practise! Start doing exam style questions as soon as you’ve finished your first topic. These can be sourced from plenty of resources, including past VCAA and external company… Continue reading How to Study for VCE Specialist Maths – The Three Common FAQs!
How to Study for VCE Maths Methods – The Three Common FAQs!
1. What is the difference between the two exams for Units 3 and 4? Exam 1 goes for 1 hour with 15 minutes reading time at the start. This exam is comprised of around 10 short answered questions. Calculator or notes aren’t allowed to be taken in for this exam. Exam 2 goes for 2… Continue reading How to Study for VCE Maths Methods – The Three Common FAQs!
How to Develop Problem-Solving Skills in Students
Problem-solving skills – the term has become something of a cliché. It is used by anyone from students trying to pad out their résumés, to recruiters, to inspirational speakers trying to sell tickets to leadership seminars. Let’s unpack the term and what it could mean for you. What does it actually look like to have… Continue reading How to Develop Problem-Solving Skills in Students
Language of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Hello everyone, here is my article for May, which will not focus on general course content, but will instead focus on some specific linguistic examples. The specific examples that I am referring to are some of those which are coming up now, in relation to the current pandemic. Most of this language is either new… Continue reading Language of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Standing out to your Markers
Exam markers spend many hours behind a desk marking student’s examination papers, in what proves to be an important but also tedious task. It is therefore essential that students find ways to stand out to their exam markers, with some critical elements in their writing that can distinguish them between a band 5 and a… Continue reading Standing out to your Markers
What are the Average University Entry Requirements?
Knowing University entry requirements is key both for choosing subjects for Year 11 and 12 and also to give you a goal to work towards throughout your final years of high school. Let’s look at a few aspects of entry requirements! ATAR Requirements ATAR requirements are often the first thing emphasised for courses, but it’s… Continue reading What are the Average University Entry Requirements?
Subject-Specific Facebook Groups for Learnmate SACE Tutors
The benefits include: 1. Share resources between current tutors of the same subject group. 2. Discuss specific advice for teaching techniques in SACE. 3. Discuss key concepts in SACE, and discuss updates to the study design. 4. Discuss physical in-person meetups with other Learnmate tutors. 5. Any other relevant discussions peculiar to SACE. When prompted,… Continue reading Subject-Specific Facebook Groups for Learnmate SACE Tutors