SPM Studying Tips

[nazeer]

hei...i am going for form 6 since i did'nt get any scholarship....i am a science class student n get 8A1 n 1A2(B.M) in SPM 2003....SO can u people give me some tips on how to do well in form 6 ....now form 6 is in english medium..new n latest version....so plz give me some tips??????

[chenchow]

I think the main tips will be to instill some confidence in yourself. Believe that you can do it. English is not a barrier, but a tool for you to learn more material, especially those material that are in English.

Say you don't understand a concept taught in class. Google can be a good tool to help you too. And you can always bring it to ask here in ReCom~! There will be people who are willing to help you.

[EricFu]

Form Six is a very good course, I would say. So, first of all, you must be proud that you will be enrolling in Form Six and sitting for the second toughest paper in the world - STPM. Nothing much to worry about. I was in Form Six for half a year. And I found no difficulties in adapting to the Form Six environment. The main tip is you must study from time to time. STPM is tough because its scope is too huge. So, you must make sure that you master every topic very well. On top of that, you must know the appropriate technique to answer question. Refer to the marking scheme or consult teacher if possible.

[weich]

Originally Posted by EricFu

...sitting for the second toughest paper in the world - STPM.

hmm...what's the toughest?

[EricFu]

The toughest paper is the entrance exam paper of Tokyo University (if I am not mistaken)

[wawa]

Have confidence and persevere!

I don't think STPM qualifies as the second hardest paper.

The hardest of course is the Tokyo exam, and I've seen the Chinese 'Gao Kao' exam, which is definitely harder than STPM.

[chenchow]

and I think IB qualifies to be somewhere up there too.

Nevertheless, just give it your best shot. There are some who have succeeded, so it means that it is possible to do so.

[greyhair]

is it physic very hard 2 score A? wat we study n exam paper r two different things.
bio more easy 2 get A. my memory is not good, even in malay, i find myself hard 2 memory the cell, organ, etc. now, english....... then how can i take bio

[chenchow]

greyhair, I think it is not too hard to get A. There are 12 students out of 52 students (23.1%) from my school get A in STPM Physics. Not that high percentage though, compared to other subjects like:-
Biology 22/74 (29.7%)
Chemistry 51/126 (40.5%)
Math T 65/126 (51.7%)
Math LT 4/6 (66.7%)
PA 164/237 (69.2%)

Anyway, this is just the statistic for my school in STPM 2003.

I think it is more essential to understand the material, even for biology, or even like Sejarah, than mere memorization. I didn't do any memorization for SPM Sejarah.

[gohweihan]

Originally Posted by greyhair

is it physic very hard 2 score A? wat we study n exam paper r two different things.
bio more easy 2 get A. my memory is not good, even in malay, i find myself hard 2 memory the cell, organ, etc. now, english....... then how can i take bio

Actually, what you study in STPM Physics is the same as the exam paper. They cannot ask you something which has no relation altogether to the syllabus.

The general notion is that to get an A for Biology is easier than to get an A for Physics. In a way, this might be true. For Biology, everything you need to know is in the books. Even if one cannot understand the subject, he or she can just memorise the book and there is a possibility of scoring an A in the STPM examination.

Physics is different in the sense that most of the questions requires calculations. This means, the lessons in class only teaches you the knowledge required to answer the question in the paper. The rest depends on your capabilities to analyze and sort through the information given (both in the question and from your knowledge) to come out with the final answer.