And one in particular has become the subject of intense backlash – and memes – after countless students struggled to answer it at all. The issue arose after the syllabus was tweaked by the NSW ...

Pupils and teachers across NSW fear today's HSC maths exam could be a repeat of last year's situation, where they got questions they had not been taught. The vice president of the Mathematical ...

1. Make a list of the types of mistakes you typically make. This isn’t to specific questions, but patterns of mistakes. Try ‘codifying’ your errors in a way that makes it impossible to make them again ...

For Jack Coleman, who came first in Mathematics Advanced in 2020, the best way to study is to revisit and learn from past mistakes. When Jack made errors in his maths class, he saw it as an ...

The students not only experienced bushfires – one saw his house catch fire – but also a drought and a pandemic. “In a normal year finishing first in an HSC course is an outstanding achievement, and to ...