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Posts tagged GCSE
GCSE Chemistry Tricky Topics: Redox and Displacement Reactions
Predicting a displacement reaction is the easy part. Here is how to explain it in terms of electrons, with OIL RIG and two worked examples.
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Why passive highlighting fails GCSE students and what to do instead
Highlighting feels like hard work, but research rates it as one of the least useful ways to revise. Why it fails GCSE students and the active recall swaps that work instead.
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Understanding GCSE exam boards: key differences between AQA, Edexcel and OCR
AQA, Edexcel or OCR? A grade means the same on every board, but question styles, set texts and options do not. A plain guide for parents on why your child's exam board matters.
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Tassomai vs. Generic AI & Unfiltered Homework Solvers: Protecting homework validity in the age of automation
Explore how Tassomai's native app design secures homework validity by preventing AI cheating tools, ensuring accurate diagnostic data and supporting genuine GCSE revision.
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Supporting your child through GCSE revision without the daily arguments
Discover effective ways to support GCSE revision with short daily practice and reduce conflict. Learn how Tassomai helps create a peaceful study routine and track progress.
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Exams this year? Here’s how to make the most of the next few months (and how Tassomai can help!)
2025 is just beginning but exam season will come around quickly! Here’s what parents can expect over the next 6 months, and how they can help students prepare for exams.
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Displacement reactions explained: GCSE chemistry
Displacement Reactions are an important topic for GCSE chemistry students to understand and one which comes up regularly in GCSE science exams. It’s also a topic which we know many students struggle with. Read this blog post to get to grips with Displacement Reactions !
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Tricky topics in GCSE Maths: Calculating Percentages for Ratios
Calculating Percentages for Ratios is an important topic for GCSE maths students to get to grips with, as it’s an exam specification point for major exam boards . It’s also a topic which we know many students struggle with. Read this blog post to get to grips with Calculating Percentages for Ratios !
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Tricky topics in GCSE English Language: Homophones
Homophones is an important topic for GCSE English students to understand and one which comes up in GCSE English exams. It’s also a topic which we know many students struggle with. Read this blog post to get to grips with Homophones !
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Tricky topics in GCSE Maths: Quadratic Equations
Quadratic Equations is an important topic for GCSE maths students to understand and one which comes up in GCSE maths exams. It’s also a topic which we know many students struggle with. Read this blog post to get to grips with Quadratic Equations !
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Tricky topics in GCSE English Literature: Poetic Form (Unseen Poetry)
Poetic Form is an important topic for GCSE English students to understand and one which comes up in GCSE English exams. It’s also a topic which we know many students struggle with. Read this blog post to get to grips with Poetic Form !
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Tricky topics in GCSE Science: Diffusion
Diffusion is an important topic for GCSE biology students to understand and one which comes up regularly in GCSE science exams. It’s also a topic which we know many students struggle with. Read this blog post to get to grips with diffusion !
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How to prepare for the toughest exams yet
Murray Morrison is the founder of Tassomai, discusses the challenges students will face this year, why exams will be harder than ever before and what parents can do to get their children ready for their GCSEs…
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Tassomai’s New GCSE Survival Guide for Students!
As students look towards the new year, with the return of strict grade boundaries and exams looming on the horizon, Tassomai has published a free guide for students to help them navigate the challenging GCSE years.
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NEW Live Lessons Schedule Announced for May Revision Period
Tassomai will be extending our series of Live Lessons to run throughout the May revision period! Find out more about the new sessions here…
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Tassomai teachers... could you present a 'Live Lesson' this Easter?
Tassomai is inviting teachers using the platform to register their interest in helping to trial ‘Live Lessons’... focused GCSE revision sessions for Key Stage 4 students.
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How to help your child revise - and why NOW is the time to start
Tassomai’s founder Murray recommends using the time between now and Easter to identify weaknesses and get problem areas sorted BEFORE getting down to serious revision.
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A Step-By-Step Guide to Revising for GCSEs
Matt Green, The Rapping Science Teacher on tiktok and the owner of JGM Science Tutors, speaks to Tassomai about his foolproof method for getting revision started (unfortunately, it’s not rapping).
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Top tips for parents from a senior leader
Karen Collins, Lead Science Associate for PiXL, speaks to Tassomai about the structure of the science GCSEs and how parents can best prepare themselves and their children for science assessments.
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GCSE English - What You Need to Know as a Parent
Andy Sammons is author of The Compassionate Teacher and Director of English and Strategic Lead at Kettlethorpe High School. Andy speaks to Tassomai about how the English GCSE subjects are structured and what parents need to know.
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