{"title":"Practice Books","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMastery Practice Books (Year 7-9)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany students miss 60% of marks for applying and analysing knowledge at GCSE. They struggle to figure out which concepts to use in unfamiliar situations. Past papers don't teach these strategies but Mastery Practice Books do. They use our proven 3-step approach: Detect, Recall and Solve, with worked examples and masses of guided practice to help students become confident with exam questions.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mastery-practice-books","title":"KS3 (Y7-8) Mastery Practice Books","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor Ebook 1) Pay 2) You'll get an email with a code to access the ebook on the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.vitalsource.com\/en-uk\/products\/understanding-science-1-master-the-key-concepts-dr-tony-sherborne-gemma-young-v9780956681072?term=9780956681072\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.vitalsource.com\/en-uk\/products\/mastery-practice-book-1-learn-to-apply-knowledge-dr-tony-sherborne-v9780956681041\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eVitalSource textbook platform\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"display: block; color: #2a7ae2; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0.3em;\"\u003eWhat teachers say about Practice Books\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background: #f9fafb; border-left: 6px solid #2a7ae2; padding: 1.2em 1.5em; margin-bottom: 2em; font-size: 1.1em; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.04);\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"Really get the students thinking and demonstrate to the students they can answer questions that at first look impossible if they just stop and think. I have used these books both with low ability year 10 and also mixed ability year 7. I have found they work well with both groups\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e—\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eLinda Muncey\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHelp students go beyond recalling information and teach them to apply concepts. By starting to practise the strategy of 'Detect, Recall and Solve' from year 7, they will become expert at solving problems by GCSE. \u003c\/span\u003eThis book contains hundreds of questions and covers all the concepts in year 7 of the 5-year plan (Blueprint).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePowerful strategy for Apply questions (GCSE Asssessment Objective 2)\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe problems in the book are training in how to apply concepts to unfamiliar situations, for future GCSE AO2 questions. They teach a general strategy for solving problems: Detect, Recall, Solve - see below - analysing the question, recognising the critical knowledge, and putting together a logical answer. Each problem also teaches a concept specific strategy: when to use a particular concept (in Detect), what it's critical elements are (in Recall) and how to use them. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecially designed problems \u003c\/strong\u003eThe problems are not merely past paper questions with a worked answer. They are specifically designed as examples of the different kinds of problems students will get - so that students become familiar with all the challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- notionvc: 66cd8583-9ef4-449a-9733-29b745b94bc8 --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Masses of challenging practice to deepen understanding.\u003c\/strong\u003e The wealth of 'your turn' questions helps students go beyond recalling of knowledge, and practise using it in a variety of applications. They start easy and become progressively less familiar, and vary the information, to support students through to independence, and prepare students for whatever kinds of questions will appear in an exam. There are hints as well as answers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eResearch-based approaches\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eWe use carefully worked examples to show how an expert tackles the problem, broken down into small steps. Talk boxes to the side of the text encourage students to 'self-explain', a proven strategy to increase understanding of the thinking involved. After the example, the first 'your turn' question is identical in structure to make it easy for students to follow the steps, before proceeding to more challenging questions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eBuilds confidence to tackle exam questions.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e Many students give up when faced with a difficult exam question. The book shows students they can do it. It breaks down the process, gives lots of scaffolding and gradually builds their skills towards independence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2211\/3953\/files\/Y7-9_sample_material.pdf?v=1764084359\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDownload sample material\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eFAQ\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow can you use it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e✔ C\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elass tasks and plenaries\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e✔ H\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eomework\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e✔ S\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emall group intervention on weak concepts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e✔ R\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eevision\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's in the book?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e✔ Covers all key concepts in each year\u003cbr\u003e✔ Clear, easy to follow and interesting worked examples\u003cbr\u003e✔ 100's of carefully crafted your turn questions\u003cbr\u003e✔ Hints and answers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2AV3n37\" title=\"Download Mastery Practice Book 1 sample material\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow does it work?\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMany students miss out on the 60% of marks for applying and analysing in new GCSE. They find it difficult to figure out unfamiliar situations. Past papers give practice but don't help students learn the deep structure of problems, nor how to solve problems systematically. The Mastery Practice Book series teaches all students to apply knowledge. Firmly grounded in cognitive science, it uses a  3-step approach to problem-solving explained through worked examples. with carefully guided practice to make students confident with whatever examiners ask.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first page of each problem is a clear and visually explained worked example. It shows students a 3-step process for successfully solving unfamiliar questions:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetect: work out what you need to do to answer the question\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecall: bring to mind all the relevant knowledge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolve: go step-by-step from what you know to the solution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second page is a set of 'your turn' questions to try. The first is similar to the example to check that students can follow the thinking. Further questions are carefully crafted as stepping stones to build their competence and confidence. There are hints to get students unstuck, and answers at the back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the end of a chapter, students are ready for the 'mixed up problem' challenge. 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