Working templates

These sheets lay out working the way a marking scheme rewards it. Method marks are lost far more often to working a corrector cannot follow than to not knowing the method — so there is a place for what you were given, what you are finding, the formula in its booklet form, the substitution, and the answer with its unit.

  1. Print a few of each and keep them in your folder, or
  2. Save as PDF and annotate them on an iPad with a stylus.

In the print dialog choose A4, and if your printer offers it, tick background graphics — the sheets work without it, but the headings look better.

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CalculationOne question per sheet
Topic
Question
Marks
Date
Given list every value with its unit
Find what exactly is asked
Formula as printed in the booklet, before you rearrange it
Working one step per line — this is where the method marks are
Answer with its unit, and rounded as the question asked

Before you move on: does the size of the answer make sense, and is the unit the one asked for?

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Proof or derivationShow that / prove that / derive
Topic
Statement to prove
Date
To prove write the statement out in full, exactly
Known / assumed
Method induction, contradiction, direct…
Argument each line must follow from the one above it
Therefore state the conclusion in the words of the question

A proof is only finished when the last line is the thing you were asked to prove.

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Mistake notebookOne mistake, understood, is worth ten repeated
Topic
Where it came from
Date
The question
What I did
What was right
The exact step where it went wrong not "I got it wrong" — which line
Why I made it rushed, misread, wrong formula, unit, sign, or never knew it
The same question again, from scratch

Come back to this sheet in a week and do the last box again without reading the rest.

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