Networking Group - JCs General
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If you want to be practical in terms of scoring, it is not about the quantity of material to remember. It is about linking all the ideas together and being able to apply them in new situations. If you read Eran Katz or other memory masters, the common thread behind good memory is how one links random or seemingly random ideas together so that there is in effect less to remember. In fact, they say that we can only really hold seven random pieces of info in our heads! So no matter the subject at A level, the ability to understand and link subject matter is far more important than quantity of material. It may help you to see the percentage of A’s or A/B’s for H1 for those subjects for your school, as a rough gauge of how well students do. I found that in a particular case, H2 physics students did well compared to some other subjects but the same school’s H1 physics students did worse than those same other subjects - just an observation.
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whats the main diff between h1 and h2 phy?
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Usually, H1 is a subset of the H2, so about half the content, but same difficulty level. Better look up the moe syllabus for physics h1 and h2 to confirm. (For humanities, there may be further difference in the level of response marking, but I’m not sure about that.)
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psle sad mum:
whats the main diff between h1 and h2 phy?
The students who take H1 physics are usually not as strong at physics, otherwise they would take H2! I think thay probably explains why the earlier poster noticed that those who took H1 usually did worse.
The official answer is that there are fewer topics in H1 physics but the level of difficulty in those topics is the same as H2. I don't have any experience of the H1/H2 distinction.
As for your earlier question about Maths, a lot of physics is based on calculations, so strong Maths is required. The type of understanding needed to grasp physics concepts is very much like that for maths.
Just a question - is it your daughter who is concerned about how \"easy\" a subject might be, or is it your concern for her? She really ought to choose according to her own strengths. Just because other students find a subject relatively easy doesn't mean that every student will have the same experience. A student who likes History and has the skills to study it well may be really bad at Chem or Physics, and vice versa. My husband found Maths and Physics pretty easy, but I would have flunked if I had done his combination (and he would struggled pretty hard to do mine!) -
she tends to understand history at a much faster pace then she understands phy. however she is worried that history content is too much and may require students who are good at english which she is not. so she is in doubt whether to take h1 hist or phy
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psle sad mum:
whats the main diff between h1 and h2 phy?
For A level 3 Sciences, H1 comprises of 2 Papers, whilst H2 comprises of 3 Papers ...
N there is NO SPA ( ie. Practical exam ) for H1 Physics, same goes for H1 Chem...psle sad mum:
From what i heard from my gal's peers who were struggling with H2 Chem...after they dropped to H1 Chem...they said it was much easier...do you think is better to study H2 chemistry and H1 history or the other way round? thanks!
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Augmum:
Based on the difference between H2 and H1 Maths (which my husband is familiar with), the more difficult topics from H2 will be excluded from H1, which will make it easier. Also, since there are only half (theoretically, most people feel that it's more than half) the content, that will also make it seem easier. He also observed that the style of questions was more straighforward and predictable for H1 as compared to H2, even for the same topics. I expect the same will be true for H1 vs H2 sciences?From what i heard from my gal's peers who were struggling with H2 Chem...after they dropped to H1 Chem...they said it was much easier...
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For 2016 posting results of JCs and JC COPs:
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zbear, any tuition in mind for your DC in HCI soon? Or wait n see?
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