STP Mathematics 7 Student Book 3rd Edition

Helped my daughter revise for a test

Like many people of a certain age, I remember having the STP maths books in secondary school. And while it might seem like an odd thing to say, I have some fond memories of them and honestly, they didn't do a bad job of teaching me mathematics.Consequently, when it came to helping my son out with his maths, I figured it wouldn't do any harm to take a trip down 'memory lane' and pickup a new copy of STP maths.They are _exactly_ as I remember them - some nice introductory text and a bunch of exercises that help you practice the techniques and concepts. I don't know if my son would say that working through the book with me was 'fun' but, he seems not to complain and is getting on really well.A possible downside for some might be the lack of answers in the back of text - personally, I like the idea that my son can't 'cheat' and, of course, a year 7 maths book isn't _that_ hard. Nonetheless, if you're really stuck, a PDF with the answers can be found via Googling.

The STP Mathematics series is excellent. These were in use at my old school and I have now purchased a set for myself for when I teach at my new school.Questions are well differentiated and towards the end of the exercises have a good level of challenge with worded questions been used extensively (very helpful to prepare for the new GCSE). PDF's of the answers are available online for teachers and parents (google them), but are not in the back of the book. I have not used the year 7 book extensively but I have taught from the year 8 and 9 books and on first look I am expecting more of the same.The only draw back that I have found is with this series is that some topics in the year 9 book, for example trig and factorising, are split into multiple exercises. So there would be one exercise on finding angles using tan and one exercise finding angles using sine. I prefer to teach all at once and then have the students working on mixed angle exercises. However, these are also provided and you can direct students to choose one question from each exercise for example. Another recommendation is that you proof read or do a mix of the questions from each exercise. There are some worded ones with terminology the kids might need help with - quarterly provided a big barrier..! - and some of the higher ability questions sneak in previous concepts- worth watching for if you are not teaching in the book order.All in all, lots of practice, suitable as a standalone course for each year, answers available (although some inevitable errors exist, the kids love finding them!), fantastic level of challenge, loads of practice and questions differentiated so suitable for a mixed ability class. Well done STP!

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Too easy for my son who was in year 6 at the time and this is supposed to be for year 7? I would say if your child passed the 11 plus then this would be too easy for them. But a great lay out of work.