Prepare, practise and review

Before a lecture

Read the notes and attempt examples to build initial understanding and identify difficulties. The source suggests working in pencil first, then noting the proper presentation during the lecture. Do not expect one hearing to settle every idea.

During a lecture

Pay attention, complete the notes and annotate them for revision. Develop note-taking skills for the lecture–tutorial style of learning used at university.

After a lecture

Resolve doubts with the lecturer or tutor, review notes the same day, and attempt the embedded Self-Practice questions.

Use each practice type deliberately

• Discussion questions: Attempt them at home before the tutorial; assess your own work during discussion to identify what to watch for.
• Formative assessments: The source describes an assessment at each topic’s end, marked by tutors with feedback to help diagnose understanding.
• Review problems: Work towards mastery with other junior colleges’ Promotional and Preliminary examination questions; the source says solutions are supplied on the online platform.

Choose chapter practice after you have attempted the questions yourself.

The source lecture and tutorial routine

The 2025 notes describe two one-hour lectures each week, with one designated for self-directed learning on alternate weeks in Terms 2 and 3.

Over two weeks there are three tutorials: two of 1.5 hours and one of one hour.

Students are asked to be punctual, bring lecture notes and a graphing calculator, and switch phones off or to silent mode.

These are the printed college arrangements, not a Porisma timetable.