Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJEC EduqasLevel: GCSE Grade 9-1Subject: EnglishFirst Teaching: September 2015, First Exams: June 2017Suitable for the 2020 examsAce your GCSE 9-1 English revision with this pocket-sized book full of fantastic practical advice and practice activities that really work. English teacher and exam expert Mark Roberts gives lots of visual examples and 'Top Five to Thrive' tips to help you revise and do brilliantly in your GCSE English literature and language exams.Learn how to: - Organise your notes and annotations- Memorise and practise using "killer quotations"- Improve practice essays and creative writing responses- Prepare for the unseen texts- Look after yourself in the lead up to exams

Collocations are combinations of words which frequently appear together. Using them makes your English sound more natural.

There is a significant problem in our schools: too many boys are struggling. The list of things to concern teachers is long. Disappointing academic results, a lack of interest in studying, higher exclusion rates, increasing mental health issues, sexist attitudes, an inability to express emotions.... Traditional ideas about masculinity are having a negative impact, not only on males, but females too. In this ground-breaking book, Matt Pinkett and Mark Roberts argue that schools must rethink their efforts to get boys back on track. Boys Don’t Try? examines the research around key topics such as anxiety and achievement, behaviour and bullying, schoolwork and self-esteem. It encourages the reader to reflect on how they define masculinity and consider what we want for boys in our schools. Offering practical quick wins, as well as long-term strategies to help boys become happier and achieve greater academic success, the book: offers ways to avoid problematic behaviour by boys and tips to help teachers address poor behaviour when it happens highlights key areas of pastoral care that need to be recognised by schools exposes how popular approaches to "engaging" boys are actually misguided and damaging details how issues like disadvantage, relationships, violence, peer pressure, and pornography affect boys’ perceptions of masculinity and how teachers can challenge these. With an easy-to-navigate three-part structure for each chapter, setting out the stories, key research, and practical solutions, this is essential reading for all classroom teachers and school leaders who are keen to ensure male students enjoy the same success as girls.

The members of an eminently respectable British family reveal their true natures over the course of an evening in which they are subjected to a routine inquiry into the suicide of a young girl.

Can't be bothered to revise? Find yourself putting work off? Can't get the information to stick in memory? Then this is the book for you. Written by a student for students, this advanced guide to revision techniques aims to convert your hard work into GCSE, A-level and undergraduate exam success. The author achieved straight A*s at GCSE and A-level and is now a psychology undergraduate at the University of Oxford. This combination of current practical experience and interest in psychological research provides a unique perspective on motivation and memory - the two ingredients of successful revision. The book is written by a student who believes that everyone with the strategies to achieve will achieve. The author's first book - titled 'How to Achieve 100% in a GCSE' and written at the age of 16 - sold over 6,000 copies and was featured in the Daily Mail, The Sun and the Sunday Express magazine. The current book - 'I hate revision' - is packed full of brand new advice.

The Fifth Edition of Harris Cooper′s bestselling text offers practical advice on how to conduct a synthesis of research in the social, behavioral, and health sciences. The book is written in plain language with four running examples drawn from psychology, education, and health science. With ample coverage of literature searching and the technical aspects of meta-analysis, this one-of-a-kind book applies the basic principles of sound data gathering to the task of producing a comprehensive assessment of existing research.

This second edition updates a course which has proven to be a perfect fit for classes the world over. Engaging content and a strong focus on grammar and vocabulary combine to make this course a hit with both teachers and students. This Workbook provides extra language and skills practice for use both in the classroom or at home. It also includes extra vocabulary exercises corresponding to the expanded lexical sets in the Student's Book 'Vocabulary bank'. 'Study Help' and 'Skills Tips' sections give learners extra support and guidance. The audio content to accompany the workbook is included on the Student's Book DVD-ROM and on the Audio CDs.