Would you buy this?

[enwiabe]

If I were to author a book entitled "The Philosophy of Acing a Methods Exam", tell me if you'd buy what I describe below.

The front of the book is 8 blank topic tests. 2 topic tests each will be on the areas of study in methods. Functions and Relations, Differentiation, Anti-Differentiation, Probability. These topic tests will be in the form of exam 1s and exam 2s. So for Funcs and Rels there would be an exam 1 entirely devoted to functions and relations, and an exam 2 entirely devoted to functions and relations and rinse and repeat for all the other topics. So you could feasibly work on this book the entire year and it'd be a nice taster for what's coming at the end of the year. Then there would be 3 full sets of trial exams (3 exam 1's, 3 exam 2's) at the end.

After those blank tests, would be a massive solution set. I'm not talking the piddly skeleton solutions you see elsewhere. Download my spec solutions for exam 1, 2010 and that's what I'm talking about. I would split each solutions page into 2 columns. One column would be 2/3 of the page, the other 1/3 of the page. The 1/3 column would contain MODEL solutions. That is, what you'd write to gain full marks in an exam and what your entire answer should look like. The 2/3 column would be a commentary explaining, painstakingly, every step of the solution. INCLUDING: How I would approach the question, explaining where VCAA likes to trip up students, common student mistakes, I'd sketch graphs to demonstrate things etc. just stuff you wouldn't need to include in the question solution but would thoroughly explain, beyond a shadow of a doubt, how to COMPLETELY understand the question.

Essentially, the 'philosophy' of approaching exam questions in Methods, and enhancing your mathematical problem solving skills by demonstration and explanation.

Tell me honestly if you would buy this because I'm really thinking of writing this!

If I get that done and it's successful for Methods I'll also get a Spec one done.

[ghadz7]

yep sounds appealling. Unfortunately you're abit too late in releasing it.

[enwiabe]

yep sounds appealling. Unfortunately you're abit too late in releasing it.

Haha I haven't even started writing it yet Just doing a bit of free market research so far to see if it's worth it.

[andy456]

I think if it were to be priced reasonably it would be very successful and I think I would buy it

[MrT011]

I'd definitely buy this if it were out by late next year haha

[ghadz7]

yep sounds appealling. Unfortunately you're abit too late in releasing it.

Haha I haven't even started writing it yet Just doing a bit of free market research so far to see if it's worth it.

That's even worse, it won't last long until the area of study design changes.

[enwiabe]

yep sounds appealling. Unfortunately you're abit too late in releasing it.

Haha I haven't even started writing it yet Just doing a bit of free market research so far to see if it's worth it.

That's even worse, it won't last long until the area of study design changes.

The study design has been accredited until the end of 2012, I believe. I would update it for 2013, in this scenario.

[enwiabe]

I think if it were to be priced reasonably it would be very successful and I think I would buy it

Could you define reasonably? Honestly, it's looking to be (i've budgeted in terms of projected lengths of everything), about 400-450 pages in length.

8 practise exams individualised by topic plus 3 SETS of trial exams. So 3 exam 1's, 3 exam 2's. Plus the solutions described. I would like to know what people think that's worth.

[andy456]

I think if it were to be priced reasonably it would be very successful and I think I would buy it

Could you define reasonably? Honestly, it's looking to be (i've budgeted in terms of projected lengths of everything), about 400-450 pages in length.

8 practise exams individualised by topic plus 3 SETS of trial exams. So 3 exam 1's, 3 exam 2's. Plus the solutions described. I would like to know what people think that's worth.

Less than a standard textbook?? I don't know much about the revision things....
Ledaing edge's ones are ~$30 or something like that and they're pretty bad... so more than that I would say??

Did you have a price in mind??

[iNerd]

Release this by 2012 for me.
I'm v. interested.
Personally wouldn't pay over $50.

[kyzoo]

Hmm...I would have bought it in Y11 (when I thought more work = better results), but I wouldn't buy it knowing what I know now.

This would have massive appeal to someone who's trying to perfect their understanding of Methods and find every bit of relevant information (me in Y11 lol).

[enwiabe]

I think if it were to be priced reasonably it would be very successful and I think I would buy it

Could you define reasonably? Honestly, it's looking to be (i've budgeted in terms of projected lengths of everything), about 400-450 pages in length.

8 practise exams individualised by topic plus 3 SETS of trial exams. So 3 exam 1's, 3 exam 2's. Plus the solutions described. I would like to know what people think that's worth.

Less than a standard textbook?? I don't know much about the revision things....
Ledaing edge's ones are ~$30 or something like that and they're pretty bad... so more than that I would say??

Did you have a price in mind??

I don't, because I don't know how much it's going to cost to self-publish and market etc. so that'd be something I'd work out last. But in working that out at that later date, it's always good to know what the perceived worth is.

[enwiabe]

Release this by 2012 for me.
I'm v. interested.
Personally wouldn't pay over $50.

I personally wouldn't dream of charging over $50

[iNerd]

Release this by 2012 for me.
I'm v. interested.
Personally wouldn't pay over $50.

I personally wouldn't dream of charging over $50

Good man.

[enwiabe]

I think based on the sheer volume of pages, but also given that it won't be in colour, I think the price would likely be around $35-40? But I wouldn't feel guilty charging that for what amounts to 14 trial exams + solutions, that's like under $3 per exam+solutions and I can guarantee you they'll all be quality

Compared to what NEAP, MAV et. al charges for their trials, I honestly think I could make this, by far and a mile, the best value study aide going around.