Doing Past Papers Constantly Doesn't Work - Do This Instead.

I go through my controversial view that constant past paper practice does not work... and what is far more effective instead!

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[pushkar]

I gave my igcse exam this year and around this time last year I was grinding through past papers and one thing I completely agree on is analyzing your mistakes, because that's what help you to realize some concepts gaps that you may have in any topic, My advice on weather to or not to solve a lot of past papers would depend on your mindset, if you already are quite tensed about examination then for some time focus on theory, solved examples and make your way up by solving easy and moderate quetions before getting your hands on past papers, however if you feel confident or have the mindset to not really care about the marks you get on the mocks but rather focus on what went wrong and work upon it then there is nothing better than solving past papers, I was late on my syllabus and was not getting good grades in the mocks at start but slowly and steadily after solving and analyzing a awful lot of papers I got all A* and had around 95%, to everyone attempting next year, all the best and it is all quite easy if you spend enough time on it

[arrabellamoon]

I am in agreement with you. It's definitely better to have a balance and not focus only on past papers, but also take time to revise the sections that you are weak at. Thank you for your videos. They are incredibly helpful.

[namratharaikal]

This is really helpful! I see myself leaving the tangent and statistics questions in my past papers. Now, I'm gonna go watch your videos! Thanks

[stephencharles]

I was worried, seeing the headline. But this makes good sense. Were we about to fall out? But no. Thankfully. Students need to 'learn how to learn' better. This sums it up nicely. Work a few papers, get to know your weaker areas, and don't run from these as feels natural. Focus on them all individually instead, as you say here. Then, revisit past papers and hopefully most of those areas have improved. Repeat process over and over until by February you are ready to just go through paper after paper with great confidence in most if not all areas.

[minvs]

Perfect timing as usual! Absolutely agree! This is applicable for all subjects and I really needed this. I've been grinding past papers without actually understanding the subject [accounting, as level] because my base is so weak. I'll focus on what I'm not understanding at and topically work through my areas of weakness. Thank you so much for this! :D
- Min !!

[JessejustJesseIsInYourHouse]

This makes so much sense!! i think i do something quite familiar but usually i often skip the questions in confident in and do the ones im not too sure with, i would watch a youtube video for the ones i cant do, understand the concept then do more of those types of questions in other past papers, its like im trying to find challenges in them

[ishaangawande]

my mock 1 scores came, went from 67% to 75%, hoping to get an A in the next mock, all thanks to you.

[gracechen]

Your IGCSE videos on each topic are extremely helpful!

[xel...]

Im going to use this method because what ever im struggling and how i do the papers are exactly what you said. now imgetting around 4-5 for maths with doing just past papers and i will update you in a weeks time to see how i improved

[taopinairlinesmathindustry]

if you are a visual learner, try to amagine the movements of the math and how to solve them

if your an auditory learner, try to slow down and ask yourself, say the roads over and over again so it’s in your head for example, if you can prove triangle abc is a right triangle, you can prove the circle bisecting it is a tangent you can repealtly say it

for kethetietic learners or ones that love to touch or do to learn, they can use objects like paper and magnetic letters or number to help study for the next test/ assignment

[jonerasmus]

Your videos have definitely helped improved my maths . I would like tips and advice on how much time a student should be spending on maths per day without burning out .

[aryanagrawal]

Absolutely loved this video. Really gonna help tons. Also when can we expect predictions for the Feb March 2023 papers?

[coldfries]

whatever this man says, I'd listen to him.

[GCSEALevelMaths]

Wow I like your viewpoints I kinda disagree I say another thing but maybe I need to take your points on board! Good points!!

[mammo_xd]

i love your teaching man, but if its not too much trouble, can you do a video about solving linear programming questions?

[KiaAgarwal]

love your videos they are really helpful

[fatimahusain]

Woah! It’s so cool Ed Sheehan is a part of the study community, he looks a bit different though don’t you think?


Lmao haha, jokes aside thanks so much for this video, you’re a real saviour!

[lonewolf-yuic]

What if I get lower than 40% questions right should I focus on my notes?

[mrstarctech]

Sir there is only 4 days left for my maths paper exam plz help me out I dont know what to do I dont know some concept of curved graph circle theoram and other topics plz help😭😭

[rdg]

For my oct/nov ig exam i would do a paper find out what I didn’t know then watch one of your videos on it and then practice past paper questions on it