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New GCSE Maths

2 total works

Cover of GCSE Maths Functional Skills: Student Book

Put the fun into functional skills with specially written engaging real-life situations that use mathematics. Students will become confident in applying maths to a range of problems that prepare them for work and life. Ready-to-use tasks can be slotted into everyday GCSE Maths lessons to cover Level 1 and Level 2 functional skills.

  • Develop problem solving skills with 40 totally new and inspiring topics, some familiar and some unfamiliar, grouped into three sections: beginner, improver, advanced
  • Build, apply and secure the functional and process skills that are integral to the 2010 GCSE Maths Specifications
  • Challenge students at all levels with open questions that can be approached in different ways
  • Encourage discussion and collaboration between students to encourage team work and responsibility
  • Make mathematics relevant and useful, with scenarios such as Coastguard Search and Rescue, and Investigating Design and Cost in Tea Bag Production
  • Promote self-assessment with 'How did you find these tasks?' questions at the end of each topic

Cover of GCSE Maths Functional Skills: Teacher Guide

Deliver functional skills lessons with confidence with engaging real-life situations that use mathematics. Watch your students become confident in applying the maths they know to a range of problems that prepare them for work and life. Ready-to-use tasks can be slotted into everyday GCSE Maths lessons to cover Level 1 and Level 2 functional skills

* Start teaching straight away with detailed lesson plans and handy resource sheets, ideal for non-specialist teachers and experienced teachers alike as full support and suggestions/tips are given
* Be confident you are covering all Ofsted criteria with clear learning objectives that relate to Functional Skills Standards and levels, APP levels, PLTS, Every Child Matters outcomes, cross-curricular links, and underpinning maths topics
* Develop students' problem solving skills, with 40 inspiring topics in the accompanying Student Book grouped for progression into: beginner, improver, advanced
* Focus on building the functional and process skills that are integral to the 2010 GCSE Maths Specifications
* Challenge students at all levels with open questions that can be approached in different ways
* Plan ahead and save time using the ready-made Scheme of Work showing how to slot the tasks into your GCSE Maths course
* Customise your lessons using the lesson plans in Word format on the CD-Rom