Thursday, February 11th, 2010 by admin
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space, and change. It is a tool we use to solve real-life problems. So, proficiency in mathematics is measured by our ability to use it to solve difficult problems.
Students who are weak in mathematics, typically, study without writing and practicing with pen and paper. They may be spending a lot of time in reading, remembering or trying to understand the problems.
Mathematics requires us to practice solving problems with pen and paper. Only by attempting problems in various ways do we become proficient in applying the quickest method in the shortest time. So, students who like to study by practising with pen and paper, automatically tend to excel in mathematics.
Physics
Physics is the study of matter and its motion through space-time and all that derives from these, such as energy and force. Physics requires thorough understanding of concepts.
Proficiency in physics is measured by our ability to reconstruct or model the physical world through the various laws it follows, and predict the outcome of a given situation. Application of formula to solve problems requires modelling the problem into solvable mathematical equations. Typically, the mathematics involved in solving the problems is very simple. Most students get stuck in the modelling of the problem. They don’t know the method of applying the formula to arrive at a mathematical model to solve the equation. If one does not understand the problem and application of the formulae, no amount of practice will help. Even if one has a perfect memory of the formula and quantities involved, it would not be possible to solve the problem. Just knowing and remembering the concepts as written in the books may not be enough.
Students who are weak in Physics, do not spend time in reading and understanding the concepts. They may be spending a lot of time in reading, remembering and practicing the problems.
Physics requires reading, thinking, visualizing, integrating and understanding. Students who spend time in reading and understanding concepts, do well in physics.
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science concerned with the composition, behaviour, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions. It is the study of various atoms, molecules, crystals and other aggregates of matter whether in isolation or combination, which incorporates the concepts of energy and entropy.
Physical chemistry requires thorough understanding of concepts to solve problems. Inorganic chemistry requires knowledge of properties and reactions. Organic chemistry requires understanding as well as knowledge of the compounds and their reactions. All in all, we find that there is a lot more to learn in chemistry than physics and maths combined.
Students who are weak in chemistry do not read and remember. They may be spending time in trying to understand the system or practicing the problems.
Chemistry requires reading, integrating, learning and revising. Students who spend time in reading and learning naturally do well in chemistry.
Proficiency in physics is measured by our ability to reconstruct or model the physical world through the various laws it follows, and predict the outcome of a given situation.
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 by admin
Time Management
Tick, tick, tick … time just keeps moving on.
You have so many competing demands on your time: School, coaching, homework, assignments, reading etc. There seems to be a perennial shortage of time. How can you come to grips with all of it?
Time really can’t be managed. You can’t slow it down or speed it up or manufacture it. It just is. Time management is MANAGING YOURSELF when following some basic time management principles
First thing is to determine how you are spending your time now. Capture the last entire week on a piece of paper and see the timetable you followed. Count the total number of hours spent in self study during the entire week.
Once you have completed such an analysis you can begin to change the way you manage yourself in relation to time.
Some time saving tips
1. Identify “Best Time” for Studying: Everyone has high and low periods of attention and concentration. Are you a “morning person” or a “night person”. Use your power times to study; use the down times for routines such as laundry and shopping.
2. Study difficult topics First: When you are fresh, you can process information more quickly and save time as a result.
3. Use Distributed Learning and Practice: Study in shorter time blocks with short breaks between. This keeps you from getting fatigued and “wasting time.” This type of studying is efficient because while you are taking a break, the brain is still processing the information.
4. Make Sure the Surroundings are Conducive to Studying: This will allow you to reduce distractions that can “waste time.” If there are times in your hostel or apartment when you know there will be noise and commotion, use that time for mindless tasks.
5. Combine Activities: Use the “Two for one” concept. While sitting in school, finish readings of the textbooks whenever you get time. If you are spending time at the barber’s shop, bring some numerical to solve. If you are traveling to or from the institute in a public transport, bring your notes to study and memorize.
Goal Setting
Ask any successful person, the secret behind his success, and very likely the answer will be “goals”. Goal Setting is extremely important to success.
The personal goal chart is a strategy for setting realistic goals for studying and carefully evaluating the ways by which those goals will be achieved. It takes into account one’s motivations for fulfilling particular goals. It is said that “desire to learn” gives “success” and “success” gives “desire to learn”… so it sounds circular!! But once you get into this circle nothing can stop you from achieving what you want. You might have heard that “nothing succeeds like success”. What that means that it is important for one to get some success to achieve more of it.
Long term plan (Annual) should be made with a view of exams, holidays and school. It creates a overall structure under which smaller milestones are set. In absence of a long term plan, you suddenly find shortage of time when your exams and tests are close by and you have no alternative.
Deciding on a short-term plan calls for daily and weekly planning. These plans are the most effective because they are more realizable as compared to long-term plans.
You can also make achievable short plans like:
“Completing 25 questions on determinants this Tuesday evening”,
“Revising volumetric chemistry on Monday”, etc.
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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 by admin
Prepare a competitive study group
Your best source of cooperation is your competition. Working with a competitive study group goes a very long way in the successful preparation of IITJEE. When you decide to study in groups, you recreate a cooperative environment to multiply your knowledge exponentially. Students can learn very quickly by sharing their knowledge, skills and resources.
Group formation guidelines
- Look for people who are experts in certain subjects and topics.
- Seek diversity in expertise. There should be at least one expert from each subject. Within a subject, look for experts in different areas like organic chemistry, physical chemistry, calculus, co-ordinate, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics etc.
- This could lead to having a group that is very diverse. It is good because you may also have different learning styles represented in your group.
- It may not be possible to find all experts from the friend circle itself. So, it is important to seek out experts from other areas.
- Make a study group of five to seven people (Larger groups get unwieldy. Groups with less than 5 are difficult to sustain)
How to study in groups?
- Ask your friends for clarifications of doubts.
- Quiz and challenge each other with questions from the IITJEE syllabus.
- Share useful concepts and questions
- Be very eager to help. Answer and teach whenever somebody has a problem.
- If you have to teach a concept, you have to have complete clarity and understanding of the concept. So you are not only helping the other group members, but also you are reinforcing your own knowledge.
- Someone should take the role of the session leader to keep the session productive.
- Take a few minutes at the end of the session to evaluate what you’ve done.
- Don’t meet more than once in two weeks
- Meet at least once a month
- Don’t meet without a clear agenda for the meeting
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Monday, December 14th, 2009 by admin
Develop a System- The Ultimate Weapon to Win the IIT JEE Battle
Compile the study material
Some questions that come to our mind are:
- How much material?
- What IIT JEE courses material should I use?
- Should I study from the school textbook or the one recommended by the tuition teacher?
There is little time to complete one set of textbooks. It is next to impossible to complete two different sets. Keep just one set of text books for studying the theory (concepts, definitions) and basic problems.
The new pattern of IITJEE has brought it much closer to the school syllabus. So, ideally, it should be the textbook recommended as part of your school syllabus. There is very little difference in the theory presented from one textbook to another. After one set of textbooks is completed, students can look at other books as reference.
Similarly, keep just one set of IITJEE course material.
Note: Collecting too much material is a recipe for disaster
After you have chosen the material that is best for you, how do you put it to the best use? There are as many different ways to study, as there are different people. The trick is to find the study style that works best for you.
Read
This is one of the most useful activity. It takes minimum effort and brings maximum result. Students, who are used to studying from coaching notes, tend to avoid reading. This is the single biggest reason for their failure. No coaching notes can replace reading of textbooks. The information you gain from reading is important. If you just “do it” without learning something, it is a waste of time. Train your mind to learn!
Read the following:
1. Title
2. Core text and examples
3. Introduction and Summary
4. Heading and subheading
5. Graphics – charts, maps, diagrams, etc. are there to make a point – don’t miss them.
6. Reading aids – italics, bold face print, chapter objective, end-of -chapter questions
Understand
You must understand thoroughly the major ideas and concepts presented. Without such a conceptual framework, you will find yourself faced with the impossible task of trying to cram hundreds of isolated facts into your memory.
* Locate and note down the new terms, which are introduced in the chapter.
* Note down statements, definitions, formulas, etc. which you must remember completely and precisely.
* If you are not able to figure out the meaning, then look it up in the glossary or dictionary.
* Study charts and figures. They usually summarize in graphic form the major ideas and facts of the chapter.
Note: It is a good idea to keep a glossary of your own in the front page of the book. Record the terms and their definition or the page number where the definition is located. This is an excellent aid to refer to when you are reviewing for an examination, as it provides a convenient outline of the course.
Ask question
Ask questions and keep trying to answer them as you read the chapters. The more the questions, the better your comprehension is likely to be. You may always add further questions as you proceed. When your mind is actively searching for answers to questions it becomes engaged in learning.
* Write down the key takeaways (learning) from every topic (make notes)
* Write down the questions that you cannot answer?
* Mark sections for clarification wherever necessary
* Review the key takeaways (notes) after completion
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 by admin
Most students find it difficult to determine exactly how much time, they should spend in activities in studying. This is particularly important right at the beginning of the study so as to make an effective study plan.
This is complicated even more by the fact that every chapter requires different amount of time. Even different subjects require different amounts of time in theory and problems.
The different questions that come to the mind of the student are:
- How much time should be spent in reading from the textbook?
- Are the notes from tuition/coaching enough? Can I manage without reading the textbook?
- Is there anything to read from the textbook in Mathematics?
- How much time should I spend in solved examples given in the IITJEE course material>
- How much time should be allocated to a certain topic?
- How much time should be spent on a problem that is not getting solved before looking at the solution or asking for help?
- How much time should I spend in testing at home?
- How should I calculate the total time required?
We have tried to answer these questions by giving an indicative time plan.
List of chapters (with recommended time slotted)
| |
Topic |
Total |
Reading (textbook) |
Solved examples |
Conceptual problems |
Exercises (problems) |
Chapter test |
|
Mathematics |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
Complex numbers |
21
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
16
|
2
|
|
2
|
Quadratic equations |
19
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
16
|
1
|
|
3
|
Logarithms |
6
|
1
|
|
|
5
|
1
|
|
4
|
Progressions |
10
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
2
|
|
5
|
Permutations and combinations |
22
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
18
|
2
|
|
6
|
Trigonometry |
35
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
30
|
2
|
|
7
|
Straight lines |
18
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
12
|
3
|
|
8
|
Circles |
21
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
14
|
4
|
|
9
|
Conic sections |
34
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
25
|
4
|
|
10
|
Binomial theorem |
33
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
27
|
3
|
|
11
|
Functions, Limits and Continuity |
49
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
40
|
4
|
|
12
|
Differentiability and differentiation |
19
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
13
|
4
|
|
13
|
Application of derivatives |
33
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
28
|
3
|
|
14
|
Indefinite integration |
10
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
5
|
3
|
|
15
|
Definite integration |
10
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
5
|
3
|
|
16
|
Area under the curve |
19
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
12
|
5
|
|
17
|
Differential equations |
14
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
8
|
4
|
|
18
|
Determinants |
23
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
16
|
5
|
|
19
|
Matrices |
11
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
7
|
2
|
|
20
|
Probability |
16
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
10
|
4
|
|
21
|
Vectors |
13
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
8
|
3
|
|
22
|
Three dimensional geometry |
10
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
5
|
2
|
|
Total |
446
|
34
|
65
|
21
|
326
|
66
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Physics |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
Units, dimensions, vectors and calculus |
15
|
2
|
2.5
|
0.5
|
10
|
2
|
|
2
|
Kinematics |
13
|
3
|
2.5
|
0.5
|
7
|
3
|
|
3
|
Laws of motion |
18
|
2
|
2.5
|
0.5
|
13
|
2
|
|
4
|
Work, Power and Energy |
17
|
2
|
2.5
|
0.5
|
12
|
2
|
|
5
|
Center of mass, linear momentum, collision |
28
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
20
|
4
|
|
6
|
Rotational dynamics |
33
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
25
|
4
|
|
7
|
Elasticity, fluid dynamics and properties of matter |
35
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
27
|
4
|
|
8
|
Gravitation |
16
|
2
|
1.5
|
0.5
|
12
|
2
|
|
9
|
Simple Harmonic Motion |
21
|
3
|
2.5
|
0.5
|
15
|
3
|
|
10
|
Wave motion |
23
|
4
|
2.5
|
0.5
|
16
|
4
|
|
11
|
Heat and Thermodynamics |
48
|
5
|
5.5
|
2.5
|
35
|
5
|
|
12
|
Electrostatics |
45
|
5
|
3.5
|
1.5
|
35
|
7
|
|
13
|
Electric current and resistance |
28
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
20
|
4
|
|
14
|
Magnetism |
27
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
20
|
4
|
|
15
|
Electromagnetic Induction and AC |
18
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
12
|
3
|
|
16
|
Geometrical Optics |
21
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
14
|
4
|
|
17
|
Wave Optics |
18
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
11
|
4
|
|
18
|
Modern Physics |
18
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
10
|
5
|
|
Total |
442
|
64
|
47.5
|
16.5
|
314
|
66
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chemistry |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
Basic concepts of chemistry |
18
|
3
|
2.5
|
0.5
|
12
|
2
|
|
2
|
Structure of atom |
15.5
|
3
|
2.5
|
0
|
10
|
2
|
|
3
|
Periodic properties |
10
|
3
|
1
|
|
6
|
2
|
|
4
|
Gas laws |
21
|
4
|
2.5
|
0.5
|
14
|
3
|
|
5
|
Chemical bonding |
15
|
3
|
2
|
|
10
|
2
|
|
6
|
Chemical energetics |
18
|
3
|
2.5
|
0.5
|
12
|
2
|
|
7
|
Chemical equilibrium |
20
|
4
|
1.5
|
0.5
|
14
|
3
|
|
8
|
Ionic equilibrium |
23
|
4
|
1.5
|
0.5
|
17
|
3
|
|
9
|
Redox reactions |
16
|
3
|
2.5
|
0.5
|
10
|
2
|
|
10
|
General organic chemistry |
29
|
5
|
1.5
|
0.5
|
22
|
4
|
|
11
|
Hydrocarbons |
16
|
4
|
|
|
12
|
3
|
|
12
|
Alcohols and ethers |
13
|
3
|
|
|
10
|
2
|
|
13
|
Alkyl and aryl halides |
13
|
5
|
|
|
8
|
4
|
|
14
|
Solutions |
26
|
3
|
2.5
|
0.5
|
20
|
3
|
|
15
|
Solid state |
21
|
3
|
2.5
|
0.5
|
15
|
2
|
|
16
|
Chemical kinetics |
20
|
3
|
2.5
|
0.5
|
14
|
2
|
|
17
|
Electrochemistry |
25.5
|
3
|
2.5
|
|
20
|
2
|
|
18
|
Nuclear chemistry |
14.5
|
3
|
1.5
|
|
10
|
2
|
|
19
|
Functional groups containing nitrogen |
14
|
4
|
|
|
10
|
3
|
|
20
|
Aldehydes and ketones |
14
|
4
|
|
|
10
|
3
|
|
21
|
Carboxylic acids and their derivatives |
19
|
4
|
|
|
15
|
3
|
|
22
|
s-Block elements |
17
|
5
|
1.5
|
0.5
|
10
|
4
|
|
23
|
p-Block elements |
24
|
5
|
1.5
|
0.5
|
17
|
4
|
|
24
|
d-Block elements |
19
|
5
|
1.5
|
0.5
|
12
|
4
|
|
25
|
Metallurgy |
19
|
5
|
1.5
|
0.5
|
12
|
4
|
|
26
|
Qualitative salt analysis |
19
|
5
|
1.5
|
0.5
|
12
|
4
|
|
27
|
Coordination compounds |
15
|
5
|
1.5
|
0.5
|
8
|
4
|
|
Total |
494.5
|
104
|
40.5
|
8
|
342
|
78
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Chapter tests |
210
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Full length tests |
120
|
at least 20 tests of various formats, of 6 hrs each |
| |
Self assessment |
30
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Revision / other material |
60
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Total Time (Required) |
1802.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
This is just a recommendation. Students can make changes to the study plan based on their proficiency in the subjects. The actual time spent by the student can vary by 10% – 15% depending on the student’s personal style of study. Please consider that the time given here is the minimum that a student needs to spend. The total time spent in studying for IITJEE across 2 years should not be less than 10% of the given.
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Monday, November 16th, 2009 by admin
Self Assessment: Assess and mark yourself on a scale of 1 to 5 on your level of preparedness for each topic, where 5 is very good and 1 is very bad
|
Very Good
|
Good
|
Ok
|
Bad
|
Very Bad
|
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
You should give yourself a score of 5 when you are among the top 5% in your peer group.
You should give yourself a score of 1 when you are among the bottom 50% in your peer group.
| S. No. |
Chemistry |
Rate |
|
Mathematics |
Rate |
|
Physics |
Rate |
| 1 |
Basic concepts of chemistry |
|
|
Complex numbers |
|
|
Units, dimensions, vectors and calculus |
|
| 2 |
Structure of atom |
|
|
Quadratic equations |
|
|
Kinematics |
|
| 3 |
Periodic properties |
|
|
Logarithms |
|
|
Laws of motion |
|
| 4 |
Gas laws |
|
|
Progressions |
|
|
Work, Power and Energy |
|
| 5 |
Chemical bonding |
|
|
Permutations and combinations |
|
|
Center of mass, linear momentum, collision |
|
| 6 |
Chemical energetics |
|
|
Trigonometry |
|
|
Rotational dynamics |
|
| 7 |
Chemical equilibrium |
|
|
Straight lines |
|
|
Elasticity, fluid dynamics and properties of matter |
|
| 8 |
Ionic equilibrium |
|
|
Circles |
|
|
Gravitation |
|
| 9 |
Redox reactions |
|
|
Conic sections |
|
|
Simple Harmonic Motion |
|
| 10 |
General organic chemistry |
|
|
Binomial theorem |
|
|
Wave motion |
|
| 11 |
Hydrocarbons |
|
|
Functions, Limits and Continuity |
|
|
Heat and Thermodynamics |
|
| 12 |
Alcohols and ethers |
|
|
Differentiability and differentiation |
|
|
Electrostatics |
|
| 13 |
Alkyl and aryl halides |
|
|
Application of derivatives |
|
|
Electric current and resistance |
|
| 14 |
Solutions |
|
|
Indefinite integration |
|
|
Magnetism |
|
| 15 |
Solid state |
|
|
Definite integration |
|
|
Electromagnetic Induction and AC |
|
| 16 |
Chemical kinetics |
|
|
Area under the curve |
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Geometrical Optics |
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Electrochemistry |
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Differential equations |
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Wave Optics |
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Nuclear chemistry |
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Determinants |
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Modern Physics |
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Functional groups containing nitrogen |
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Matrices |
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Aldehydes and ketones |
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Probability |
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Carboxylic acids and their derivatives |
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Vectors |
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s-Block elements |
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Three dimensional geometry |
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p-Block elements |
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d-Block elements |
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Metallurgy |
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Qualitative salt analysis |
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Coordination compounds |
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In order to get a good rank in IITJEE, you should target a score of 5 in every topic.
You may notice that the topics where you have scored 3 or less are the ones where you have not completed the activities as per the plan.
Prepare a new plan to study the topics, where you have scored 3 or less. Identify sub-topics, concepts which are causing problems.
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Monday, November 16th, 2009 by admin
After the planning has been done, we should keep a track of the work done.
Measuring our work in this manner will give us a sense of achievement on a regular basis. This will also give us a continuous view of the work that is remaining.
We have pasted, for the benefit of the students, a saI didmple checklist or activity trakcer.
Students realize, after filling this table that, the topics where they are weak belong to the category where the required activities have not been done.
Activity tracker: Please put a tick mark (?) in front of all the activities you have completed.
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Reading from text book |
Power Coaching Theory |
Solved examples |
Exercises |
Chapter Tests |
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Mathematics |
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Complex numbers |
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Quadratic equations |
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Logarithms |
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Progressions |
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Permutations and combinations |
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Trigonometry |
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Straight lines |
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Circles |
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Conic sections |
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Binomial theorem |
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Functions, Limits and Continuity |
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Differentiability and differentiation |
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Application of derivatives |
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Indefinite integration |
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Definite integration |
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Area under the curve |
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Differential equations |
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Determinants |
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Matrices |
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Probability |
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Vectors |
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Three dimensional geometry |
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Physics |
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Units, dimensions, vectors and calculus |
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Kinematics |
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Laws of motion |
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Work, Power and Energy |
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Center of mass, linear momentum, collision |
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Rotational dynamics |
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Elasticity, fluid dynamics and properties of matter |
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Gravitation |
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Simple Harmonic Motion |
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Wave motion |
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Heat and Thermodynamics |
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Electrostatics |
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Electric current and resistance |
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Magnetism |
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Electromagnetic Induction and AC |
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Geometrical Optics |
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Wave Optics |
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Modern Physics |
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Chemistry |
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Basic concepts of chemistry |
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Structure of atom |
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Periodic properties |
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Gas laws |
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Chemical bonding |
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Chemical energetics |
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Chemical equilibrium |
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Ionic equilibrium |
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Redox reactions |
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General organic chemistry |
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Hydrocarbons |
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Alcohols and ethers |
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Alkyl and aryl halides |
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Solutions |
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Solid state |
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Chemical kinetics |
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Electrochemistry |
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Nuclear chemistry |
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Functional groups containing nitrogen |
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Aldehydes and ketones |
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Carboxylic acids and their derivatives |
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s-Block elements |
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p-Block elements |
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d-Block elements |
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Metallurgy |
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Qualitative salt analysis |
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Coordination compounds |
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Monday, November 16th, 2009 by admin
Students have a different schedule for every day of the week.
It is advisable to put together a weekly timetable.
This will give us a good view of the time available in a week.
There are some weekdays when students have to attend both school and IIT JEE coaching / Tuition. This leaves very little time for self study.
There are days when we have the entire afternoon, after school, available for self study.
The weekdays are of particular importance. This is the only time, when students get a lot of time to cover all the pending work.
Unlike Class X, when students take it easy on weekends, IIT JEE preparation calls for extra studies on weekends.
Weekly planner
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After filling in the time table, calculate the number of hours of self study, available per week. This should not be less than 30 hours. If you can study 30 hours per week regularly for 2 years, it is good.
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Monday, November 16th, 2009 by admin
Date of start of course:
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2nd Year 20_ _ (if Applicable) |
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Winter Break / Full length tests |
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Full length tests / revision |
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Preparation for XI/XII |
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Note down important dates: School Exams, Board Exams, IIT JEE ((2nd Sunday of April), AIEEE (4th Sunday of April) & other competitive exams like BIT-SAT and State level entrances
Year Planner
In an year, students have about 75 days of holidays (including summer vacations, winter vacations and other holidays). This excludes the preparatory leave given before the annual exams.
On average, a student has to spend about 7-8 hours in school including travel time(35 weeks).
6 day school – 35 Sundays off and 210 days in school
5 day school – 70 days (Sat/ Sun) off and 175 days in school.
Students spend 175 to 210 days in school. this leaves 110 to 145 full days available for self study.
Mostly, ‘5 day’ schools spend an hour extra everyday as compared to ‘6 day’ schools, eventually balancing it out.
As you can see, there is enough time available at home to study for IIT JEE.
However, students tend to take the 1st 4 months, after Class X, very easy. They lose out on the time available in Summer vacation of Class XI.
The schools also take it easy. They start picking up momentum after 15 July, which is too late. By this time, the half yearly exams are just around the corner. The results are bad and the panic sets in. This is the time where most students lose confidence.
If a student is serious about cracking IITJEE, it is important that he prepares an annual plan right in the beginning of Class XI in April. This will give him a headstart over everyone else.
Almost 50% of the available free time is lost if we dont utilize the summer vacations for coverage of course.
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Sunday, November 15th, 2009 by admin
You should have a well thought out methodology for your IIT JEE preparation.
Setup a Routine: The 1st step of smart and successful studying is to build a routine. A lot of our time and energy gets lost in deciding about the time and place of work. It is easy to procrastinate (postpone work) in absence of a routine.
- Place: Find a quiet place, away from distractions, with ample room to work. It could be a desk in your room, the dining table, or the local library.
- Time: Figure out what time of day you can concentrate best, and what works into your schedule. Use that time every day to study.
- Every day: Make a time table to study at the same place at the same time, every day.
Posture: Sit in an alert posture
We can’t study effectively if we are not alert. If you are sprawled on the bed or sitting in a reclining posture, your body gets the message that it is time to rest. The mind stops working or becomes slow. Typically, the effectiveness becomes less than 25%. 1 hour of such study is equal to 15 minutes of study in an alert posture on your table and chair.
Do not fool yourself by counting such time as study. It is similar to us not being able to sleep while standing. When we are standing, the body gets a message that this is not the time to sleep.
Stay healthy : Achieving and maintaining high levels of performance (critical for success in IIT JEE) are difficult if an individual is in poor physical or mental health. It is important that one gets adequate rest, exercise, and nutrition.
Good mental performance can be achieved only with good physical health. Spending some time regularly in outdoor, physical activity like sports, running walking etc. is absolutely essential. Relaxation and concentration techniques of Yoga are very useful.
Organize study material: Keep all your homework material in one place, ready to be used. Keep it organized, and you won’t need to waste your time searching for it when you get down to studying.
Decide upon the material that you are planning to study during your preparations. Most of us don’t have enough time to complete even one set of IIT JEE course material. Collecting more than one set is a wastage of time. It also ends up confusing the student. Most of the coaching have very similar course material. A little better material does not make much of the difference. As a matter of habit, do the following in your study of the material*
- Complete the reading of the text books
- Writing and compile your notes
- Read and understand solved examples
- Attempt numerical problems
- Mark unsolved problems for 2nd attempt
- Take tests
- Revise
*Set yourself a deadline for completing each component and make sure you stick to it.
Distractions: Cell-phones, friends, SMS, TV, Video games, surfing, chatting are some of the biggest time drains. Most of the students lose maximum amount of time in these activities. These activities do not require much effort (unlike sports) and they can go on for a long time. There is nothing wrong in indulging in such activities for entertainment. However, it is important to watch the time that gets consumed.
Some methods of dealing with distractions are:
- Turn the cell-phone ringer and SMS alert tome to ‘Silent’. Respond to your friends but only as per your schedule. This will send the message that you are serious about not being disturbed.
- Schedule a fix amount of time for TV, Video games, Internet combined. Typically, the time spent should not exceed 45 minutes. You can check your mail in 15 minutes. Watch your favorite TV program in 30 minutes.
- Fix just one day in a week for video games. Don’t try to mix any of these activities with studies. This will spoil the fun in both.
Avoid ‘Marathon’ sessions: Marathon study sessions (longer than 1 hour) are the least productive way to study. Typically, most of us have attention spans ranging from 30 minutes to 60 minutes. The mind starts getting distracted after this attention span. It is good idea to unwind and take 10-15 minute breaks after every study session.
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