Oxford Revise: GCSE Edexcel History: Medicine in Britain, c1250-present Complete Revision and Practice

Structured, informative and challenging. Not a teaching substitute, but the best revision preparation aid we have found. Make sure you buy the correct one though!

As others have commented, if you need to revise the whole syllabus this is an expensive way to do it, given the books are £5.99 each and there are multiple for each subject.However, if there is a specific section of the syllabus that you need help with, then these are a great solution.The text is well laid out, they are easy to read and my son reliably informs me they have everything he covered in class. He gave it 5 stars but I've dropped it to 4 because of the limited scope.

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Most revision books are to put it bluntly, rubbish. They offer little other than an over condensed version of a text book with no white space. I usually tell students that they should throw away any revision books and write their own revision notes because that is where the value lies.This is different. There is a reasonable amount of whitespace so navigating the text is not an impossible mess. The quick recall questions are largely pointless but do offer a quick check on "have you read this?". The value is also where I expected this to fail. History depends on lot on long answer questions. Far to long to provide exemplar answers in a revision text or, for that matter, even in a textbook. Where this wins is that it offers exam style questions and then a link to exemplar answers on their website, with examples at each possible level of answer and a guide to what points should be included for each level.This is targetted at the Edexcel curriculum but their is enough overlap with the AQA curriculum that it is also a goof tool for students on the AQA specification.Recommended.

If you needed to revise every section of the history GCSE course using these books, it would cost an enormous amount at £5.99 per book. However, if there are one or two sections which cause you trouble, these revision texts are brilliant. The information is very clearly laid out, listing the important information in boxes, charts and using images where applicable. The use of colour, helps organise the learner's brain so that patterns and links can be formed, thereby aiding memory. The retrieval quiz is easy to use and bolsters confidence, and the exam-style questions offer plenty of practice. At under 60 pages, it does not feel intimidating. I would recommend for anyone who needs help with one or two sections of the exam.

Another excellent revision guide which is easy to use and surely indisputable for students studying for the Edexcel GCSE History exam.

The detail is good and it feels and looks good as a book. The design of the pages is nice and I like the question and answer part.

I wish this revision aid had been available when I was at school doing my History ‘O’ Level (the qualifications that preceded GCSEs) - and subsequent ‘A’ Level in the subject.In my ‘O’ Level qualification we covered topics like the Industrial Revolution, the French Revolution and the English Civil War - which somehow seem less interesting than the topics and periods covered now. But never mind!This gives good basic tuition in the topic it covers, but is also full of hints and tips to reinforce and check understanding.Importantly, it gives examples of where points can be gained - and also what NOT to do when answering a given question: i.e. where you’re literally wasting time and effort in providing answers that can’t gain you extra points. What I always thought of as the ‘scattergun’ approach.Part of an eight book series in the subject at this level, this guide is clearly set out, very nicely priced, and will no doubt provide your offspring with an important learning resource for passing an important subject in a series of exams that may well define their future.