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Longman Advanced Mathematics is a new series of comprehensive texts, with books for each of the new Edexcel main courses starting in September 2004. The series develops core mathematical skills through an abundance of clear worked examples and progressive exercises, backed up by focused exam question practise and sample module papers. The CD-ROM included with every book, contains full worked solutions to exam-style papers using Live Authoring, plus additional questions and support for lower and higher attaining students.
- Covers all the AS Core Modules C1 and C2 in one affordable, coherent book
- Thousands of questions and clear worked examples support a variety of teaching styles and ability ranges
- Aids revision with practise papers, model answers and 'live-authored' solutions on the student CD-ROM
- Additional support for teachers available on the teacher CD-ROM
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Generally excellent,
By Mr M (Kent, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: AS Core Maths for Edexcel (A Level Maths) (Paperback)
I disagree with Ozzy's review, alas. Of all the textbooks I have used with (hundereds of) students, they almost unanimously consider this the best. It's far from perfect, but fills in many of the gaps left by more popular texts such as the Heinemann series (it also has far fewer mistakes and typos than the Heinemann books). The text is thorough and well spaced on the page, and the examples are generally well chosen. It might be nice to have a third colour in the text (red, perhaps, for the 2nd edition...?), but this is really a minor quibble.
I work on a 'rule of three' when teaching, meaning you generally need three textbooks for any given subject. We bounce between this and the Heinemann (which complement each other well) and then use the SMP books for the odd bit of clarity. (Although excellent on a few things, the SMP books really *do* need explanation by an experienced teacher.) In short, I recommend this book (and its A2 companion) without hesitation. As mentioned, it's not perfect, but probably the best of the bunch, and works very well alongside the Heinemann. I look forward to Longman/Pearson knocking out some mechanics, statistics, and further maths texts of similar quality. Mr M
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Beware Windows 7,
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This review is from: AS Core Maths for Edexcel (A Level Maths) (Paperback)
I purchased this book with a view to refreshing my skills in anticipation of returning to teaching after a 20 year spell in industry. This book was recommended by a local school of some repute. It would be unfair to give a full review since I've only had the book in my posession for a little over 2 hours, and I have scanned only the first few chapters. First impression is that the text is very clear and important notes are quickly identifiable with text in blue boxes. There are lots of worked examples and key features in the examples are highlighted. so far, however, I've found two glaring typos, which if a student is reading may cause some consternation, and therefore the credibility of the book becomes suspect. If the text refers to example 30 and there are only 25 examples what is a student supposed to think? There is a reference to the origin of the quadratic equation formula which will have a student guessing if he's not too bright. The fact it is demonstrated in one of the examples may pass the student by.
There is a CD-ROM that comes with the book and is supposed to show worked exam papers - pity this doesn't work on my Windows 7 laptop. I've spoken to the publishers via their help desk and they just say the software is very old. I've tried searching the web to see if there's later software but no luck so far. There are also references in the book to sections on the CD-ROM; provided it (the reference) doesn't rely on the "Live Player" (an unidentifiable add-in), this appears to be OK.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply perfect,
By Yaqub (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: AS Core Maths for Edexcel (A Level Maths) (Paperback)
This is a must buy for anyone doing Edexcel As Mathematics, it is indubitably superior to the Heinemann texts, I too disagree with Ozzy's review. While the Heinemann texts give very brief explanations without explaining essential reasoning behind the Math this does the complete opposite. I was also particularly impressed with the 'extension' material on the CD that comes with this book, the extension materials are quite challenging especially those for the C2 material which stretches even the able candidate, the questions that typically come up in the exam are I daresay trivial compared to some of the questions in the extension material. Id definitely recommend this over the Heinemann texts especially if your self-studying.
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