Just got my results back for MST124 and happier than a pig in sh*t as I managed to get a distinction. So relieved and glad to see all that effort and time revising was worth it.
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MST124 Complete
Thursday, 23 Oct 2014, 15:12
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Mst124 Complete
Thursday, 18 Sep 2014, 16:00
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Had my exam yesterday - pretty mental really as I've been on holiday for two weeks and got married whilst abroad and the exam was the day after we returned.
All things considered I felt very positive after the exam. I found the exam easier than the mock papers that we were given and I'm hopeful of a decent grade but I don't find out for a month or so.
Anyway onwards with the mathematical adventure and my next module content has just arrived. Its M140 which is a statistics based course and looks a bit different to the pure maths that I've done so far. As with last year my aim is to speed through this module as quickly as I can so that I can dedicate the second half of the study year to MST125.
MST124 Unit 3 completed
Tuesday, 11 Mar 2014, 21:13
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I've just completed unit 3 MST124 and found it really hard going. I really struggled to take on a lot of the information around logarithms and functions. There seemed to be a whole load of notation which I've not come across before and quite a lot of concepts that I just really struggled with.
Definitely been the hardest going of the whole degree so far for me. I think when the pressure is off a bit with assignments I'll come back and revisit this unit - or maybe do the sample test a couple of times.
I'm going to answer the relevant questions now on TMA02 before moving onto the second book. I'm slightly ahead of schedule at the minute but I've still got the end of module assessment from MU123 to complete in the next month or so.
Hopefully the next chapter on algebra will take me back to a more familiar happy place.
MST124 TMA01 and MU123 EMA
Thursday, 6 Mar 2014, 11:11
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Just received my first TMA results back for MST124 and managed a massive 100% so really happy with that. I'm also due back my TMA03 score from MU123 this week I believe although it has been so long since I submitted it that I can't actually remember anything about it.
The EMA or end of module assessment has opened for MU123 and I'm going to focus my time on this for the next week or so. It looks a bit of a beast but a quick scan through and I feel comfortable with the content.
MST124 unit 2 complete
Tuesday, 25 Feb 2014, 21:05
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Finished studying unit 2 which covered graphs at a basic level. Pleased that I've retained much of the knowledge picked up from MU123 and am able to apply it to this module relatively easily so far.
I've completed and submitted the first TMA which was OK and received my official grade of 80% for the first iCMA which isn't great but happy enough with it.
I like the practice booklets that we get on this module and I'm going to work through the unit 2 practice booklet before moving onto unit 3.
I'm really dislike the fact that this course is new, the material hasn't been completed yet and it feels as though we are guinea pigs trialing the course out. Not great at all when we are paying money for this and the fact that the handbook and the other units have been delayed (again!) is crap. I prefer to be ahead of the schedule by a few weeks and that is impossible with this module at the moment, in all honesty its a struggle to even stay at the speed the course guide recommends when some of the information isn't yet available
Considering we are supposed to take the handbook into the exam, it would have been nice to be able to use it from the start.
Whinge over but I've picked up from the forums that MST125 will be new in September so I'm going to avoid that like the plague and take on M140 first and look to take on MST125 in February time.
MST124 iCMA41 and TMA01
Monday, 3 Feb 2014, 15:50
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Made a start on the first two questions of TMA01. Definitely feels a step up in difficulty from MU123.
I've also completed iCMA41. Not sure if this is a new thing but it seemed to give me my score immediately. Annoyingly I managed to get a couple of questions wrong for silly mistakes so looks like I only achieved 80% but can't see it confirmed anywhere on my assessment details. Since it is only worth 2% of the continuous assessment part of the module I don't think I'll beat myself up too much.
MST124 Unit 1 complete. MU123 ICMA44 complete.
Wednesday, 29 Jan 2014, 20:48
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I've completed the first unit on the new module MST124. It worked through the key maths skills needed for this module at a pretty decent pace. There were a few things that I had to spend a bit more time on but for the most part it was fairly easy going.
I'm struggling a bit with this module so far because we only appear to have half of the course material - according to a group on facebook this is due to the course material not being fully completed yet. We don't even have the handbook yet which I think is pretty poor.
The first TMA looks to be open on MST124 so I'm going to get started with the first few questions before moving onto unit 2.
I've completed the penultimate iCMA on MU123 which covered units 8, 9 and 10. There were a few bits that I had to revisit the course material for but managed to work out most without referring back.
I've also contacted the learner support team and my tutor about trying to get the end of module exam moved as it is very close to my wedding.
MU123 - Unit 12 complete. MST124 book A arrived.
Monday, 6 Jan 2014, 20:53
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Edited by Stephen Campling, Monday, 6 Jan 2014, 20:53
Finished unit twelve on MU123 which was all about trigonometry. Enjoyed the unit but found it pretty hard going towards the end. Don't really remember covering radians before so took a little to get my head around it.
Enjoyed both the DVD snippets to watch which shows some interesting and practical uses for trigonometry. I'm now working on the TMA04 to answer the last two questions which are both aimed at unit twelve. It has thrown me a little that there are no TMA questions which cover units 13 and 14 but whose complaining :D
The next MU123 unit is Exponentials and the final unit is Mathematics everywhere which looks to consolidate the learning so far and keep you interested to study maths further. I'm still on track to get both of them knocked down by the end of the month.
I've just received the first book covering units 1,2 and 3 from MST124. I'm pretty eager to get started on it now because the book looks twice as thick as anything from MU123 so starting to feel a little apprehensive.
MU123 - Unit six complete and MST124
Friday, 1 Nov 2013, 23:00
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Just finished studying unit six from book b on MU123. I'm not the biggest fan of graphs and just find every question really time consuming but towards the end when I started learning a few things it actually started to get interesting. Having said that, I'm glad its over although I'm pretty sure unit 7 is back on graphs again. Managed 96% on the practice quiz, think I will take it again after finishing unit seven just to make sure all the information has sunk in.
Turns out that getting on MST124 wasn't quite as easy as it first seemed. My pathway was the gentle start pathway so when I tried to enrol on the course it seemed to just get cancelled. Anyway after a bit of back and forth my pathway is now changed and I'm enrolled for February.
First TMA results are out in the next week or so hopefully, pretty eager to see how I've faired with that.
iCMA 41 Results, iCMA 42 and MST124
Saturday, 26 Oct 2013, 12:18
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The iCMA 41 results came through last week and I achieved a score of 100% which I'm delighted with. It was really easy and I would have been disappointed to drop any marks but it still feels like a big deal! Its only worth 2 percent of the whole module yet I was eagerly checking the gradebook page every few hours to see if my marks had arrived yet. It amuses me when I think back to turning up late after a night out to pick my A-Levels up and not even caring what was inside the envelope.
iCMA 42 came out this week and it was predictably more difficult that iCMA41 but I still feel like I did well in it. There was only one question that I wasn't 100% certain on so hopefully that is reflected in my marks.
I finally made the decision to take on an additional module. I'm still well ahead of schedule on this course and have found most of the content fine. The course I chose was MST124 and it was really easy to get enrolled on it, even with the added complication of the student loan. I have had various advice on which course to take on next with most stating that M140 would be the best choice. Having spoken to my tutor at the tutorial however, she explained that this was due to MST124 assuming all knowledge from MU123. Since I feel confident with the majority of the content of MU123 and I will be very far into the course by February I don't see this as a blocker and decided to leave the (probably) easier M140 to work on next academic year alongside a more difficult module.
Fairly sure I've made the right choice, just hope it doesn't overload me during the period the courses overlap.
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