Destination Maths
Leaving Certificate Ordinary Level
Published on 24. April 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
600 pages
978-0-7171-7338-9 (ISBN)
Description
Destination Maths covers the complete Leaving Certificate Ordinary Level Mathematics course in a single-volume. The following features help hone mathematical skills and perfect exam technique:
Wide selection of questions and graded revision exercises, with a strong emphasis on in-context questions
Comprehensive, fully worked examples facilitate self-directed learning
Helpful hints and tips scaffold difficult questions and encourage sound mathematical technique
Snapshots of the booklet of formulae and tables help you to become familiar with the formulae as they appear in the exam
Links across the syllabus reinforce learning by helping you make connections between topics
Step-by-step approach encourages all students to make attempts and thus earn partial credit marks in the exam
Something to Think About question at the start of each chapter fosters problem solving skills
Discussion Times promote group work and active learning strategies
Each Destination Maths comes with a FREE eBook!
DIGITAL RESOURCES
Digital resources for Destination Maths can be accessed by teachers on GillExplore.ie. They include:
Animated PowerPoints with all fully worked solutions and to accompany Discussion Time activities
A bank of exam-style questions. Each question requires knowledge from multiple areas of the syllabus. The topics covered in each question are highlighted so that the questions can be easily used for revision or assessment
Wide selection of questions and graded revision exercises, with a strong emphasis on in-context questions
Comprehensive, fully worked examples facilitate self-directed learning
Helpful hints and tips scaffold difficult questions and encourage sound mathematical technique
Snapshots of the booklet of formulae and tables help you to become familiar with the formulae as they appear in the exam
Links across the syllabus reinforce learning by helping you make connections between topics
Step-by-step approach encourages all students to make attempts and thus earn partial credit marks in the exam
Something to Think About question at the start of each chapter fosters problem solving skills
Discussion Times promote group work and active learning strategies
Each Destination Maths comes with a FREE eBook!
DIGITAL RESOURCES
Digital resources for Destination Maths can be accessed by teachers on GillExplore.ie. They include:
Animated PowerPoints with all fully worked solutions and to accompany Discussion Time activities
A bank of exam-style questions. Each question requires knowledge from multiple areas of the syllabus. The topics covered in each question are highlighted so that the questions can be easily used for revision or assessment
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
Publishing group
Gill
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1506 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7171-7338-9 (9780717173389)
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Persons
Louise Boylan teaches maths at Mount Sackville Secondary School in Dublin and is co-author on several best-selling mathematics textbooks and revision books. Aisling Quirke is an experienced maths and science teacher at Lucan Community College in Dublin.