Self-Study A-Level Maths: Tips for Success 📘

How to teach yourself A-level maths? You’re probably asking this question because either, you’re in school and your teachers aren’t the best, or maybe you are a private candidate. Either way, I’m going to share with you how I taught myself A-level maths! You can think of this video has an extension to my “How to get an A/A* in A Level Maths” video!

This video is more packaged in a way that’s more instructive and more like a step-by-step guide that you can follow and apply to your own revision. Hopefully my framework is insightful to you and that it makes sense! Although in this video I share how I got an A in A level maths, that doesn’t mean its the best/absolute way to getting an A/A*. Which is why as you’re watching this video, I encourage you to take notes of each step, and ask yourself how my method can accommodate your needs, and thus making it your own method of learning maths. Some people don’t need much revision. Some people may get things faster than others. Whatever your needs are, I believe there is something for everyone studying maths in this video.

This video is quite a long video, and it’s because I wanted to make add as much depth of possible to give you a full insight. I have a cup of tea because I know I’ll be talking a lot in this video haha. (For those interested, the raw footage ended up being around 1 hour long. That’s a lecture lol).

I encourage you to watch my “How to get an A/A* in A level maths video” here if you’re looking to be more motivated about studying A level maths: https://youtu.be/4FVnvLMJ848

Enjoy this video! And I hope the tips and insights are valuable!
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:08 - The aim of this video!
00:21 - Disclaimer
00:45 - What I’m actually teaching you in this video
01:03 - Brief summary of the framework
01:12 - Step 1: Create the blueprint (Attend lessons, make notes in class etc)
01:33 - If you’re a private A-level candidate student…
01:47 - If you’re still in school…
01:56 - Why is the blueprint important?
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02:10 - Step 2: Use the blueprint (How to teach yourself)
02:15 - When I say “use,” I mean: do 4 things
02:18 - Step 2.1: Find time to teach yourself
02:27 - Step 2.2: Look at your notes from lessons
02:31 - Step 2.3: Watch Examsolutions
02:29 - Step 2.4: Write notes based on those Examsolution videos
02:58 - What this whole process looks like in practise/real life
03:39 - How did this whole process take me to do?
03:48 - To put things into perspective…
04:09 - The real reason I was able to stay on track (More perspective)
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04:46 - Step 3: Do textbook questions
05:08 - What if I’ve done textbook questions in lessons already?
05:38 - What if textbook questions are set as homework?
05:56 - Wisdom
06:00 - How do I know if I’m ready to do harder questions?
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06:14 - Step 4: Do harder questions
06:24 - Why do we want to do harder questions?
06:33 - Where can you find “harder” questions?
06:50 - Important notes when you’re doing these harder questions!
07:23 - More Wisdom
07:27 - How can I fully understand these harder questions?
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07:59 - Step 5: Repeat steps 1 to 4 until the end of term/semester
08:05 - Tips!
08:15 - How much time did I revise/practise maths every week? (Roughly)
08:21 - Keep your notes in a folder
08:30 - Balancing your other A-level subjects
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09:08 - Step 6: Before January mocks, do past papers in exam conditions
09:14 - An overview of your progress so far!
09:25 - How is this step different to the step 5?
09:56 - Shift your mindset!
10:18 - Ideally before your mocks, here’s what you should do!
10:26 - An important note when doing past papers!
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11:00 - Step 7: After mocks, repeat steps 1 to 4 for the new topics
11:10 - Light work
11:15 - Tips for maintaining productivity at this stage
11:31 - A note on mental health
11:45 - More wisdom
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12:16 - Step 8: The run-up to exams…
12:20 - What did I do?
12:39 - What this period is all about (for me)
12:42 - Insightful things about past papers
13:00 - More Tips!
13:18 - More insightful things I wanted to share
13:34 - So… how much work did I do for the entire year for maths?
13:58 - Solomon Press Papers! (Cherry on top)
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14:18 - Closing remarks
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Long video right? Haha. Hope it was valuable tho. Considering subscribing to the channel and liking this video. All the best with studying! Safe👊