hi, i'm in year 11 doing 3/4 psych and 3/4 general maths, but since the study design has changed i'm not sure whether or not i should purchase the new books since their SUPER expensive,,,, obviously i don't mind spending money when it comes to education but if its gonna be just a few minor changes i'm really not sure if i should spend like $200 for two books, including my 1/2 books as well, which are also affected by the new study design...

can anyone tell me if i can survive the year with the past versions or is it absolutely necessary i get the new books???

thanks 🙂

    rumi1i1i1

    Hi rumi!

    For General Maths (previously 'Further Maths') you could get away with using old editions since there's no new content in the Gen 3&4 course (with the tiny exception of Leslie matrices, but I'm sure your teacher + online resources can help you with that). The main change is that you will study four topics: Data, Recursion/financial maths, Matrices, and Networks. Previously, students had the option of studying Graphs/relations and geometry, but these have been removed, so you can just ignore those chapters! 😃

    As for Psych, I definitely think it's worth investing in the new edition. There are quite a few big changes but also lots of pesky little ones (e.g. previously NREM sleep consisted of stages 1-4, but it's now stages 1-3!), and it'd be too much work to go through an outdated textbook while remembering everything that's been added/modified/removed for the current study design. There are also some changes to things like experimental design and scientific investigations that span the whole course, as well as brand new concepts that will be tough to understand without some helpful resources.

    Hopefully you can save your money on General Maths books and put it to good use on Psych!

    Best of luck this year 😊

        Also just want to add that paper books are obscenely expensive. It's definitely possible to use the PDF copies if you don't mind that format. I personally found it more convenient and never had paper books for any of my subjects

          James385

          yeah exactly I wanna use the pdf versions because i find it easier, but our teachers are apparently not allowed to give students the pdf versions of the new study design to us to ensure that we buy the new books 🙁

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