preparation for o lvl

Zeromethane SG

im taking my o level this year and im taking 8 sub( triple sci, 2 maths, geog elec, el and ml). shud i start revising now? if so wad topics or subjects shud i study first?

xstryker SG

im the same as you but i double

aiya take it easy la after jan i chiong le

eagle SG

Don't rush to kill yourself so early in the year. Do as what you would do for a long distance run; pace yourself... Plan your study intensity to substantially increase near prelims, and peak at around O levels...

However, you still need to be consistent. Rome was not built in a day. Which again... pace yourself

Zeromethane SG

so wad thing shud i study now? start memorising stuff redi ah?

xstryker SG

lol i dunno about memorizing but i believe

chemistry is understanding the concepts and not pure momory work

n4l SG

Start now bit by bit, begin with your sec 3 topics at a slower pace. In April/May pick up the pace a little, then go on and on and get faster...

I started in late May, early June and it was a little bit too late

eagle SG

Some stuffs do not need to be remembered... There are tactics involved which only require understanding for u to come out with what u think needs to be remembered...

Example: For physics... kinematics.... Speed-time graphs etc...
There's something called increasing acceleration or decreasing acceleration or increasing deceleration or decreasing deceleration etc etc...

I see students memorizing the different graph types..... But what for?! Why waste brain power/capacity to memorise when u can simply understand and derive it within seconds by understanding gradient of graph?

Same thing with non-ohmic conductors...

It's things like that.... which if u understand, gives u an edge over others who prefers pure memorizing...

UltimaOnline SG

im taking my o level this year and im taking 8 sub( triple sci, 2 maths, geog elec, el and ml). shud i start revising now? if so wad topics or subjects shud i study first?

If you want to prepare yourself to score distinction for 'O' levels, you should practice more challenging questions after you've completed the past year exam papers or TYS. For Chemistry, you should attempt all the questions designated 'O' levels, in my thread here :

http://www.sgforums.com/forums/2297/topics/320107

gunner77 SG

its ok not to rush urself now.

coz im afraid u might burn out towards september like that

remember this is a marathon not a sprint.

i suggest u start revising ur basic work ( sec 3) now

so it would be easier when u approach the mid year and prelim

wee_ws SG

Hi,

How are you going to revise comprehensively when the full syllabus has not been covered fully?

I'd suggest that you start to get in touch with content details that have already been covered in sec 3.

To get ahead, find out from your teachers the scheme of work that will be done in sec 4 and when the syllabus will be completed. Find out too, the revision period that your teachers intend to have prior to and after school's prelims exams.

Take a peek at the specimen papers and the 2008 exam papers to understand the types of questions that will be assessed for the new topics you have not been exposed to, so that you'll have an idea (even the faintest one is good enough) of what content details will be taught.

Thanks!

Cheers,
Wen Shih

SBS n SMRT SG

Thanks to all....these had been a great tips......for me also

PS: I also taking 8 sub same as thread starter

Mikethm SG

Not that I had done it this way as I was a lazy bum and still am... but I feel that at the start of sec 4, the student's focus should be memory techniques so as to ensure that minimum effort is expended for maximum gain. Thus I am impressed that St. Margeret Sec School sent their Sec 4 for a memory technique course on their 1st week of school.

I have been reading up on memory techniques and regretted not acquiring this skill. My worst subject at O level was literature (MacBeth and Animal Farm) and it returned to haunt me 3 years later down the road. When I applied for nus law and went for an interview, the interviewer asked me, " how come you got a C5 for literature?" Needless to say, I didn't make it.

I recommend learning at least one memory technique if you haven't acquire one. I recommend this website.

http://www.academictips.org/memory/index.html

xstryker SG

cool, thanks for the webby