Improving my physics grades

• sdrawkcab

  25 Jun 10, 22:07

  Hey all with 3 more months left till the O's i was wondering if there was anyway to improve my physics grades as i have realised that i usually do not have problems with the MCQ section but rather the structural section (B&C) when it comes to explaining.Any help offered would appreciated.

• TTFU

  25 Jun 10, 22:12

  10 years series ?

• fudgester

  25 Jun 10, 22:14

  Revise and understand your basic concepts.

  Once your foundations are strong, 75% of the battle is already won.

• ~PEPPER~

  25 Jun 10, 22:17

  Ask ur physics teachers for help.

• Wish (:

  26 Jun 10, 00:12

  TYS drilling. 

  What I do is that I will read the textbook and try to memorize the formulae and key points and look at the examples given in the textbook.

  Then I will do the TYS.

  Then go back to the tb.

  Finally I will go back to the TYS again to redo the more difficult qns. 

• eagle

  26 Jun 10, 10:11

  Drill questions, drill prelim papers. Why I say so is because u can do most of the MCQ, which likely suggests you understood the concepts. But you struggled at structured questions, which means you do not really know what are the key words to use, not the actual way to present your answers.

  Drilling with the solutions beside you helps you to focus directly on learning how to explain. Reading your notes and textbooks will offer little help as they have usually too many words that are inconsequential and useless to your explanation based questions.

  If you can finish the TYS 3 times and 1 full set of 2009 prelim papers, you will get minimum a B3.

  The method is there and proven. The remaining question lies in whether you are disciplined enough to do so, not only for physics, but also for maths.

  Hope this helps, and good luck! :)