How to teach yourself A-level maths! (And do really well)
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- čas přidán 25. 06. 2024
- How to teach yourself A-level maths? You’re probably asking this question because either, you’re in school and your teachers aren’t the best, or maybe you are a private candidate. Either way, I’m going to share with you how I taught myself A-level maths! You can think of this video has an extension to my “How to get an A/A* in A Level Maths” video!
This video is more packaged in a way that’s more instructive and more like a step-by-step guide that you can follow and apply to your own revision. Hopefully my framework is insightful to you and that it makes sense! Although in this video I share how I got an A in A level maths, that doesn’t mean its the best/absolute way to getting an A/A*. Which is why as you’re watching this video, I encourage you to take notes of each step, and ask yourself how my method can accommodate your needs, and thus making it your own method of learning maths. Some people don’t need much revision. Some people may get things faster than others. Whatever your needs are, I believe there is something for everyone studying maths in this video.
This video is quite a long video, and it’s because I wanted to make add as much depth of possible to give you a full insight. I have a cup of tea because I know I’ll be talking a lot in this video haha. (For those interested, the raw footage ended up being around 1 hour long. That’s a lecture lol).
I encourage you to watch my “How to get an A/A* in A level maths video” here if you’re looking to be more motivated about studying A level maths: • How to get an A/A* in ...
Enjoy this video! And I hope the tips and insights are valuable!
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:08 - The aim of this video!
00:21 - Disclaimer
00:45 - What I’m actually teaching you in this video
01:03 - Brief summary of the framework
01:12 - Step 1: Create the blueprint (Attend lessons, make notes in class etc)
01:33 - If you’re a private A-level candidate student…
01:47 - If you’re still in school…
01:56 - Why is the blueprint important?
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02:10 - Step 2: Use the blueprint (How to teach yourself)
02:15 - When I say “use,” I mean: do 4 things
02:18 - Step 2.1: Find time to teach yourself
02:27 - Step 2.2: Look at your notes from lessons
02:31 - Step 2.3: Watch Examsolutions
02:29 - Step 2.4: Write notes based on those Examsolution videos
02:58 - What this whole process looks like in practise/real life
03:39 - How did this whole process take me to do?
03:48 - To put things into perspective…
04:09 - The real reason I was able to stay on track (More perspective)
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04:46 - Step 3: Do textbook questions
05:08 - What if I’ve done textbook questions in lessons already?
05:38 - What if textbook questions are set as homework?
05:56 - Wisdom
06:00 - How do I know if I’m ready to do harder questions?
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06:14 - Step 4: Do harder questions
06:24 - Why do we want to do harder questions?
06:33 - Where can you find “harder” questions?
06:50 - Important notes when you’re doing these harder questions!
07:23 - More Wisdom
07:27 - How can I fully understand these harder questions?
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07:59 - Step 5: Repeat steps 1 to 4 until the end of term/semester
08:05 - Tips!
08:15 - How much time did I revise/practise maths every week? (Roughly)
08:21 - Keep your notes in a folder
08:30 - Balancing your other A-level subjects
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09:08 - Step 6: Before January mocks, do past papers in exam conditions
09:14 - An overview of your progress so far!
09:25 - How is this step different to the step 5?
09:56 - Shift your mindset!
10:18 - Ideally before your mocks, here’s what you should do!
10:26 - An important note when doing past papers!
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11:00 - Step 7: After mocks, repeat steps 1 to 4 for the new topics
11:10 - Light work
11:15 - Tips for maintaining productivity at this stage
11:31 - A note on mental health
11:45 - More wisdom
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12:16 - Step 8: The run-up to exams…
12:20 - What did I do?
12:39 - What this period is all about (for me)
12:42 - Insightful things about past papers
13:00 - More Tips!
13:18 - More insightful things I wanted to share
13:34 - So… how much work did I do for the entire year for maths?
13:58 - Solomon Press Papers! (Cherry on top)
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14:18 - Closing remarks
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Long video right? Haha. Hope it was valuable tho. Considering subscribing to the channel and liking this video. All the best with studying! Safe👊
As a student who got 6 stars and 2 A in olevels and now 3 A in alevels I can guarantee you that if you do every single thing he mentioned in the video you will for sure get an A star
Thank you 👍
Guys the second I heard that he done the 2006-2016 papers 4-6 times I nearly fainted (ima start grinding this summer)
Thank you!! This is just what i needed
thank you for this, I'm starting my a a levels tmr and I was very nervous for maths, so thank you so much, this was so specifc and detailed so much appreciated :)
You are comfortable and amazing, thank you so much
Just wanted to say some kind words here. Thank you so much for this video. I will take my A-Levels rly soon! And it makes me a bit nervous. I have done well in year 12, I barely done any prep, cheated on workpacks, but I could easily solve questions, hence I got an A in year 12 mocks. I was lucky. But then, in year 13 my approach deceived me, and it caused me getting a D in January Mock. I feel like an abomination now after such a result and my ethics, even tho I don’t apply it to my other subjects.
I need to be working on myself, I know. I know I fucked myself up, but it’s never too late. If I have turned my grade in computer science from E to A, it means I can do the same in maths.
Your video motivated me to keep my shit together and get through this, thank you!
P.s. Just a note to people reading this, don’t make my mistakes, please. Never cheat on the prep, take your time to learn the topic, but don’t be lazy. And don’t be afraid to ask questions! Further maths students, teachers, friends who have done well in exams, don’t be shy to collaborate!
Excellent video
Good video bro, thankyou
I'm planning to self-teach myself A Level Maths alongside my full-time BTEC and this video was quite helpful, thanks!
how's it going?]
@@darkpenguin196I, ah, may have taken a break for a month 😅Getting back into the groove of it now some college projects are being wrapped up and it's not going too badly. Quite hard to find online resources though, there's tons for GCSE but barely any for A Level which is unfortunate. Just working through my CGP textbook (revision + practice), doing the practice questions and looking up videos for examples when I get confused. I also happen to have a friend who's done A Level maths before so I ask them stuff occasionally :)
Damn that's sorta cool. I do a full-time BTEC and wanna do the same.
Your video has inspired and helped me so much, thank you!!
Let’s get those grades Amelia😤
YES I NEEDED THIS VID HOPEFULLY ITS MORE USEFUL THAN YOUR POPULAR ONE (seriously you said you were able to answer hard year 13 questions just by taking notes and then you were able to draw the info?)
Super underrated channel imo.
Thank you. I’m planning to revise during the summer as my mock grade was very awful. I have motivation now to get a grade I want
Keep it up!!!
thank you so much for this !
Thank you g
Your one Beautiful man. Cheers for the video !!! :)
i feel so stressed, im so afraid of failing.
Thank you. What do you think about first learning only the theory and then jump to doing exam papers and mostly studying from mark scheme? I kinda dont like the questions on the text book so it kinda turns me off.
Amazing, super useful, also, what is this guy drinking, it can’t be good!
Thanks man, I'm self studying maths with the goal of ending this june. I took two sciences at a level and couldn't handle maths (physics and med) on top of them. I do also have other self learning topics (japanese and spanish) so I can switch without burning myself out
On the same boat aswell, I’d rather learn maths myself at home than take an extra subject at school.
Can you tell us how it went? Hoping the best for you!🙌
Does this also apply for further maths?
OoooH yeees!!! He's spelling Q-U-A-L-I-T-Y!
how early would you move onto harder questions straight after being learning the content ?
Normally after I’ve done all the text book questions, the homework and after I’ve made notes on the methods
Would you do exam style questions straight awayafter feeling confident with the textbook questions or would you leave the exam style questions to the end of the a level course right before the actual exams ??
You want to do exam questions all the way through. So straight after you understand the content. And do as many as possible because the questions repeat themselves
There is nothing in that cup and it's putting me off hahaha
I promise you there is😂 The unedited version was like 40 minutes. Kept messing up what I wanted to say that my throat was getting dry lol
I'm in year 13 and I have been fallen behind so much in maths, especially this year. Do you think starting this kind of revision from November is too late ?
its never too late to start. its better to start earlier, but late is better than never. good luck!
same man hopefully we can get back on top
Are predicted grades important for university applications?
yes thats the grade which is sent to them @@randomfellow1483
@@marib5440How would you obtain predicted grades as a private candidate?
Are predicted grades important for university applications? How would that work if im a private canditate?
VERY
I have 3 weeks …
How did your exams went? As well as your mock exams.
Do you know where I can find harder a level maths aqa questions
Search Solomon press papers on google
Do you reckon I can self teach all of as a level maths & further maths ?
working well so far with normal maths but idk about further
cie A levels maths teacher says doing text book questions is a mistake
Y?
It depends on how much time you have at hand, and what your needs are. Personally I was doing past papers but I was struggling so I went to fix my basics by doing textbook question Ms and VOILA the past paper questions were a breeze for me, so I think again it depends on the situation. It is highly ineffective if you have a time crunch and are otherwise able to already do past paper questions.
@@s.m.386 well this didnt work out for me, I gave the As exams in M/J 23 and ended up withdrawing ( due to lucky circumstances) now I got a new teacher who says that indeed in the new style of examination (CIE board) doing questions from the book will help alot with deep building of concepts. I am done with my other A levels. (chem and phy) already.
Does he have anything in that cup??
You cannot have anything in that cup you are holding.
I cannot follow along with this video....too much hand movement...thanks
You don`t have to watch it. But you chose not to listen to it.
I loved how you got so Happy when you were saying you got this it made me so happy .....I got this you are right ...been failing math terribly....but ima keep on pushing🤍