Hey everyone!
I'm just starting psych 3&4 this year. I didn't do units 1&2... I'm really looking forward to the subject!
This year, my school has gone with Edrolo without the textbook. My brother thinks I need to buy a textbook, but I'm not so sure?? He never had Edrolo when he was at school.
My plan is to watch all the videos and use my teacher and the Edrolo glossary (in the workbook) to make notes. I'm thinking that I could buy one of those small summary books, like A+ notes or something for any extra detail, and use checkpoints to practise exam questions.
Would this work? Do I need to buy a whole textbook? or if I read summary notes and watched videos, would that be enough?
What do you even use your textbook for in psych, anyway? Do you need the whole thing?
Hey, t101!
Awesome subject selection haha - Psych is an incredible subject. I'm sure you'll love it!
I can't comment
too much, as I've never used Edrolo; I assume it covers the (new) course in its entirety? I do feel it's slightly risky going without a textbook, but maybe that's because I used textbooks pretty heavily (to make summaries (and then summaries of the summaries (and then summaries of the summaries of the summaries))). Of course, they are quite expensive - and it's difficult to say how good the new ones will be for the new study design.
What you've mentioned with the summary notes sounds like a pretty good compromise to me. You could also consider what ATAR Notes has to offer:
entirely free notes for a
heap of subjects from previous students (I'm not sure if these'll be updated entirely for the new study design, though), and also
published, comprehensive Psych notes.
Perhaps somebody with greater Edrolo experience could pitch in, but I'll leave you with this:
If
ever you have
any questions (Psych-related or otherwise) throughout the year, ATAR Notes will be here waiting for you.
I'm looking forward to seeing you around, t101!