CGP Revision Guides

Advantages: Covers pretty much everything you need to know
Disadvantages: There is so much!

...level Science, Maths and History CGP revision books. The Science books are at higher level, the Maths at intermediate and the History is Modern World History. The History and Maths books are for no specified exam board, and the Science book is for AQA modular science. SCIENCE There are 2 books needed when revising modular science. One is the 'early modules' revision guide, which is needed throughout year 10, as separate modular tests are taken ...
...revision for it. However, the CGP maths revision book is not as bad as some others. Like science, it is split into separate sections: Section one - Numbers mostly Section two - Shapes Section three - Bits and Bobs (basically everything that doesn't fall into the other catagories) Section four - Statistics Section five - Graphs Section six - Algebra mostly There is only one maths book needed for the final exam, and it contains all the information ... Read review

Advantages: Detailed, yet to the point, high-quality, professional appearance, illustrative, comical
Disadvantages: Some jokes aren't funny - just stupid, underlining-heavy and repetition (see review)

...well indeed. WHY PICK CGP REVISION GUIDES? CGP is known for its succinct, entertaining and professional technique in delivering knowledge to its readers. When compared with other revision guides, I have found CGP to be far more entertaining to read, with pictures and illustrations here and there, and plenty of colour. It also includes some jokes at the end of the page. These jokes aren't exactly going to knock Peter Kay out of the limelight, but ...
...IS THE AGE RANGE? CGP provide revision guides for the following age groups: > Ages 4 - 7 (Key Stage 1 and Reception) > Ages 7 - 11 (Key Stage 2) > Ages 11 - 14 (Key Stage 3) > Ages 14 - 16 (Key Stage 4 / GCSE Level) > Ages 16 - 18 (A-Level) CGP also provide revision guides for further education (CLAIT courses) as well as Standard Grade papers. Age range isn't stated for these, and so I presume you can take these exams regardless of age. Revision ... Read review

Advantages: colourful, brokendown info, helpful diagrams, humour
Disadvantages: not enough info

When revising a subject or topic it is never easy. The best way to do this is by making it as easy as possible. The C.G.P revision books understand and have made their revision books both easy and practical to use. The C.G.P Company are situated at Newcastle upon Tyne. C.G.P stands for Coordination Group Publication Ltd. The company are widely used in most schools across the UK. This is because the revision guides are so good and have helped many ...
...They have excellently made long-winded passages of heavy material into straightforward and readable paragraphs. The company have divided the topics into more easy to digest sections. This makes revision a little easier to cope with. Also helping students divide there revision time up into these sections. The revision guides deliver vital information as well as adding some humour into the text. The books have been designed perfectly for the certain ... Read review

Advantages: Easy, all in one place, affordable, trys to make revising fun.
Disadvantages: Can be a bit boring to look at a page for ages.

CGP revision guides, in my opinion aswell as notes from teachers are one of the best tools for revising. It has everything you need to know in the very concisley and in language you can easily understand. GCSE's are very boring, with all the revisions, but the revision guides are availiable in every subject you can imagine. All you need to know in each subject is right there infront of you. Learn it all, and you will ace the exams. ------------------------ ...
...methods of teaching. The cgp book have worked examples, questions short bullet points with the key things you need to know and also pictures, people who revise in many different ways can use the books in many different ways. The books have all the information needed for AQA, Edexcel and OCR exam boards. --------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVELS OF EDUCATION & WHICH SUBJECTS --------------------------------------------------------------------- ... Read review

Advantages: Fun, easy to follow, clear diagrams
Disadvantages: Sometimes there is too much underlining

...to a certain extent but CGP guides make revision a little easier and less dull. ~ So, what are CGP guides? ~ CGP stands for Coordination Group Publications. They are a company which produce revision guides from KS1 (aged 5-7) to A-level (aged 16-18.) They also have a range of practice papers for Scottish and Adult education. They also have Welsh revision guides. I first started using CGP books when I was in year 9. At this time we only used them ...
...I relied on my CGP books to get me through my GCSE's. I had them for almost every subject. And being in year 12 is no different. I have CGP books in three of the four subjects I am studying. I got offered two of these at school. The AS guides are normally £9.99 but the school can get them for £6 when placing a large order (so it's worth asking the school to get them for you) All of the books include little phases or pictures, which try and make ... Read review