Collins New GCSE Maths Student Books are the perfect way to help students working at Grades C to A* tackle the AQA GCSE Mathematics Higher Linear specification. Packed with functional skills, problem solving and graded maths practice, they give your students confidence to take on all aspects of the new curriculum and succeed.

Collins New GCSE Maths AQA Linear Student Book Higher 2, written by experienced teachers and examiners, is organised exactly according to the AQA GCSE Mathematics Linear specification. It is the ideal resource to help students get the best results:

* Enable students to monitor their own progress through the GCSE Maths course with Collins' colour-coded grades on every page and a grade booster at the end of every chapter
* Be confident that students are practising the key elements of the new curriculum in every lesson with functional skills, problem solving and AO2/AO3 new exam-style questions within every exercise
* Use the colourful functional skills and problem-solving pages at the end of every chapter to engage students with rich tasks that will develop their process skills and allow them to apply maths in stimulating real-life contexts
* Show students exactly why each chapter matters to them with new chapter openers that develop the cross-curricular nature of maths
* Give students the opportunity for self-assessment and guidance for their exam technique by using the comprehensive exam practice and worked exam questions with examiner notes at the end of every chapter

Suitable for the second year of the AQA Linear course. For the first year, you will need Collins AQA Linear Student Book Higher 1 (9780007489329)

This book is part of a book series called New Gcse Maths .

There are 456 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Brian Speed was formally Chief Examiner for GCSE maths for AQA(NEAB) and has worked for QCA on KS3 testing; Keith Gordon is Chief Examiner for GCSE mathematics for AQA(A); Kevin Evans is an examiner for GCSE mathematics for AQA(A). All authors are currently teaching mathematics. Keith Gordon was formerly Head of Maths at Wath Comprehensive School in South Yorkshire. He is a team leader for KS3 Maths National Test marking. Collectively, Evans, Gordon, Speed and Senior have over 100 years of teaching experience, both in the classroom and leading maths departments. They all currently hold senior positions within examining bodies and have been extensively involved in the development and piloting of new specifications.