Question about tutorials for physics (1 Viewer)

[sonic1988]

I am doing PHYS1121. i have a question about the size of tutorial class. Every class has about 300+ capacities for tutorial so how can we ask question to the tutor? Is it effectively? Should it be divided into smaller group later?

 

[sunny]

Your lecture might be 300+ but tutorials are in classrooms in groups of 10-20.

 

[Vylen]

Your lecture might be 300+ but tutorials are in classrooms in groups of 10-20.

https://my.unsw.edu.au/classutil/PHYS_S1.html#PHYS1121T1

no.. the capacity of the tutorials are in the hundreds.... but the labs are capped at around 50 or more...

i dont know anything about physics courses or how they're run... so.... beats me

 

[sunny]

oooh....looks like they're doing things differently then

http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/COURSES/FIRST_YEAR/pdf files/Initial_information_2008S1.pdf

 

[sonic1988]

is physics really that hard? Is it achievable to get a C/D/HD for physics?

p/s: i hope they will spread the tutorial into smaller group after

 

[Vylen]

hard? well.... apparently its normal for people to get around 40 in their exams... so....

but that doesnt mean people cant get D's/HD's... i know people have gotten high marks in physics...

STUDY HARD!

 

[gman03]

i know people who got 99/100 for physics

on the other hand, the average between my peers were around high 60s.

go figure...

HSC physics (back in 2003) ruined everything!!!!

 

[DeathB4Life]

well thats really odd. last year they were in the usual ~20 student class sizes. the average marks in the physics exams have always been really low though, so i guess they might be going for a different approach this year.

 

[Mumma]

I got a HD in higher physics last year, but only because of the second half which covered electricity/magnetism which I found relatively easy. Thermo+mechanics in the first half raped me, I got 67 in my mid sem

Very odd how they're doing the tutorials this year.

 

[A High Way Man]

in uni physics you have to not only learn the concepts but also learn how to solve the problem.

 

[Riet]

Tutorials are in groups of 10-20, even if there's 300 people with one at the same time they will have 10 different rooms. My tut was smaller cos I did 1131 but should be the same more or less.