At the Newcastle Tutor Company we provide support for all the core subjects such as maths, English and Science. We are here to tell you about the many different resources that you can use to make your studying and revising sessions easier and more efficient. One of those resources that we want to cover today are the A level maths past papers. Past papers can be useful in any topic, just in the way it provides an insight to what the possible challenges may be for students. It is important though that these papers are used effectively and not just rushed over. It is a common practice that schools use these questions in homework and by the time exams come around, there are barely any left to practice.
We usually advise learners to hold off on using any sort of A level maths past papers until the exam period or end of the year so that they can be used effectively. Especially in that study period leading up to exam days the past papers are very important, just to fill in the possible gaps in a student’s knowledge of a topic. They will work through the questions in the papers that they have never seen before and build confidence in their ability to solve problems under exam conditions. Once they have done this, they can get it marked using a mark scheme or model solutions provided by different websites. The most important part of the marking process is not the answers that a learner has got correct but the ones they made mistakes in, so that they can highlight and analyze where they went wrong. Once this has been done, they can move onto the next paper and go through another challenging paper in hope that they learn from their mistakes. This would be the same process of getting it marked and being in exam conditions. If this process is repeated multiple times on multiple different papers then there should be evident improvement in their ability to answer questions.
We believe that everyone deserves the best chance of passing their exams. To do this we want to provide the best resources for all learners. For more information or if you have any questions, feel free to get in touch.