2006-07-18 08:32:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
Bitesize is good for quick exam notes or to find the answer to a question a pupil is only slightly muddled on but for more comprehensive materials, I'd go to a good bookstore like Waterstones, Ottakars or WH Smith and buy the official companions to the subjects the pupil is studying as well as purchasing past papers. This way you know exactly what will be studied through the course because these are the books written by the exam board. Leckie and Leckie also publish some good supportive books for kids studying various Standard Grade subjects.
2006-07-18 09:14:21 · answer #1 · answered by starchilde5 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
speak to theri teacher or headteacher first to see what help they need. If its maths, then specifically what?. Sometimes teachers at the school will give extra tuition and this is better than buying them a book.
My kids did GCSE a long time ago. I paid them £1 an hour to revise. They both now have a degree and they weren't the sharpest knives in the box. Gor GCSE English Lit I bought the cd and video and paid them £1 to listen. Obviously they were good books/plays so they enjoyed them and it all sunk in. This is a very important time and you need to play them at their own game as they dont realie yet how bad it would be to have no qualifications...Good luck!
2006-07-18 20:41:11 · answer #2 · answered by Jackie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BBC bite size revision is a good place to start, although the information is very basic at times. There are loads of study guides available on line and in book shops that you can by. Longmans and Letts are particularly good. Try York notes for GCSE English Literature.
2006-07-18 15:37:15 · answer #3 · answered by Mr Shankley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
online there is bitesize, etc, but i find that very good books that help me are the CGP Complete Revision and Practice Range. I canteach myself with them- as well as plenty of revision notes they have warm up questions, worked exam questions, exam questions and a practice exam to help you work out your grades. Get them from any good bookshop but if you order online at www.cgpbooks.co.uk you get a 20% discount plus guaranteed next day delivery. The service is brilliant, and I always find the books very helpful
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2006-07-24 15:28:10 · answer #4 · answered by angel_helena1992 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For books look in Waterstones or WHSmiths. They both have a HUGE range of books for all levels of education - Key Stages/SATS, GCSE, A-levels, NVQs and University level text books. They also revision books for these levels.
WHSmith also sells CD-roms for a few subjects/levels as well.
Ask the teachers which websites and/or books they recommend you get to help your kids at school.
2006-07-25 08:40:58 · answer #5 · answered by k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bitesize isn't great, I got all my revision books from WH.Smiths, they had a book for pretty much every subject I was taking. They helped a lot and they weren't that expensive.
Your children should also be able to buy revision guides from school, they should also be able to get old exam papers from their subject teachers.
Hope this helps.
2006-07-18 15:42:07 · answer #6 · answered by Skull 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Gerry, try http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize - it's pretty good for all levels of education.
2006-07-18 15:35:29 · answer #7 · answered by Burnsie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋