Term+1+Reflections+on+Test+Results

=**Reflections** := I am rather pleased with my Term 1 results as I have attained a score of 80, which is an A1 grade. However, I felt that I should not have made several careless mistakes in drawing the dot-and-cross diagrams, losing 3 precious marks at that section. It was perhaps out of pure rashness and lack of time which made me failed to properly comprehend the question before answering them. Overall, the was quite a breeze, a stark contrast from the previous quiz which had an unexpected level of difficulty. The quiz was probably a reminder from Mrs Chu to urge us to study hard and revise consistently for the term test. The key to acing this test is to persevere and do constant revision and memory work of chemical element symbols and their different uses. As such, I compiled the notes that Mrs Chu gave to be able to revise more systematically and efficiently, and at the same time, setting aside some time for researching online for the uses of different properties of elements. I found that compiling notes very effective, since during the making of notes for future revision, my mind also absorbed the information, thus killing two birds with one stone. Furthermore, when compiling notes, I was also able to review what Mrs Chu taught in lesson and have a clear check on how much I understood about the topics; in other words, looking through each and every part of the topics to see if I still did not have a grasp about any topic, or unsure any topic. As such, I was able to have an overall understanding of how these topics relate to each other. I felt that this was more important than just stuffing all the facts into our mind without any understanding. As the term test paper was an easy one, I should not underestimate the difficulty of future tests and continue to strive hard.