By Dr Matt Bateman on Sep 3, 2008 in Beyond the VCE, Motivation and Inspiration, VCE Resources | 0 Comments
HURDLE #1 is FEAR
People have many fears which can affect their chances of ultimate VCE success including fear of failure, fear of rejection, fear of what other people will think of them, and even a fear of success.
‘When we fear we hesitate and when we hesitate we cause all of our worst fears to [...]
By Heath McGregor on Aug 4, 2008 in VCE Physical Education, VCE Resources | 0 Comments
Watching and reading about the up and coming Olympic Games is a highly relevant and enjoyable way to apply your understanding to the VCE Physical Education coursework. Let’s face facts though… it can also make for a great excuse to avoid study. For some great tips on how to stop the Olympics from [...]
By Heath McGregor on Jul 23, 2008 in VCE Legal Studies, VCE Resources | 1 Comment
Over the last few years I have managed to find some great VCE legal studies websites and compiled them within the Ultimate VCE web-resource (as part of the VCE Toolkit).
Check them out below:
This page takes you to the VCAA legal studies site. It will have the assessment guide, links to past exams, exam criteria, [...]
By Heath McGregor on Jul 23, 2008 in VCE Exams, VCE Resources | 8 Comments
How long is there until the VCE exams begin ?
The VCE English Exam begins :
in 1 month, 3 weeks, 1 day, 19 hours, 32 minutes, 30 seconds
By Heath McGregor on Jun 9, 2008 in VCE Exams, VCE Resources, VCE Study Skills | 7 Comments
I know that most of you will be in “exam mode” bunkered down with chocolate, caffiene and other goodies in an attempt to get finally prepared for the exams in the next few days.
I will keep this short.
Some small strategies for you…
1. Get a good nights sleep.
Memory consolidation occurs during your deep [...]
By Heath McGregor on Jun 9, 2008 in VCE Resources, VCE Study Skills | 0 Comments
As we already know…the brain is an astonishing organ. It consumes the most energy of all our organs and has a virtually limitless ability to remember information.
It is important to remember that your memory is:
1. Trainable (oh thank goodness!)
Once you learn different systems to read and retain information your ability to remember [...]
By Dr Matt Bateman on Jun 9, 2008 in VCE Resources, VCE Students Health, VCE Study Skills | 0 Comments
Stress is a word that means different things to different people. The word stress is commonly used as a vague, all encompassing
negative mental state. However, to be clear there are actually two different forms of stress. Eustress represents the required stimulus humans need for constructive growth and development physically, mentally, and emotionally.
Distress on the [...]
By Heath McGregor on May 15, 2008 in VCE Physics, VCE Resources, VCE Subjects | 1 Comment
VCE physics - VCAA websites
This page takes you to the VCAA site. It will have the assessment guide, links to past exams, exam criteria, assessor reports, articles and other useful items. This should be your first point of reference for all information relating to this subject.
A personal VCE physics website
This personal web page contains links [...]
By Heath McGregor on May 15, 2008 in VCE Accounting, VCE Resources, VCE Subjects | 0 Comments
VCE Accounting - VCAA website
This page takes you to the VCAA site. It will have the assessment guide, links to past exams, exam criteria, assessor reports, articles and other useful items. This should be your first point of reference for all information relating to this subject.
CPA Australia
CPA is Australia’s premier organization in finance, accounting and [...]
By Heath McGregor on May 15, 2008 in VCE Biology, VCE Resources | 0 Comments
As part of our ongoing research we are always finding new subject specific resources including those for VCE biology.
Below is a handful of some resources that may help, each with a small critique so you know what is at each website.
VCAA website - Biology
This page takes you to the VCAA site. It will [...]