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Posts tagged Tricky Topics

Tricky topics in GCSE Science: Displacement Reactions

Tips for students · 5 December 2024

Tricky topics in GCSE Science: Displacement Reactions

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

Tips for students · 5 November 2024

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 Science: Scalar and Vector Quantities

Tips for students · 7 October 2024

Tricky Topics in GCSE Science: Scalar and Vector Quantities

We find a lot of GCSE science students struggle with questions about scalar and vector quantities . This “Tricky Topics” blog explains the key difference that students need to know to tackle this topic with confidence in their GCSE physics exams.

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Tricky topics in GCSE English Language: Homophones

Tips for students · 30 September 2024

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

Tips for students · 25 September 2024

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)

Tips for students · 18 September 2024

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

Tips for students · 30 August 2024

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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Tricky Topics #6 - Catalysts

Tips for students · 2 April 2019

Tricky Topics #6 - Catalysts

We can see that a lot of students struggle with questions about catalysts. Our 6th and final “Tricky Topics” article explains what catalysts do and how.

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Tricky Topics #5 - Longitudinal and Transverse Waves

Tips for students · 27 March 2019

Tricky Topics #5 - Longitudinal and Transverse Waves

We can see that a lot of students struggle with questions about waves. The fifth of our “Tricky Topics” series explains how waves work, and the difference between longitudinal and transverse.

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Tricky Topics #4 - Biodiversity and Reforestation

Tips for students · 20 March 2019

Tricky Topics #4 - Biodiversity and Reforestation

We can see that a lot of students struggle with questions about the biodiversity and reforestation. The fourth of our “Tricky Topics” series explains what these terms mean, and why we care about them.

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Tricky Topics #3 - The Menstrual Cycle

Tips for students · 13 March 2019

Tricky Topics #3 - The Menstrual Cycle

We know many GCSE science students struggle with this topic. This article shows a Tassomai quiz question about the menstrual cycle and explains the 4 answer options in detail.

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Tricky topics #2 - Earth's Early Atmosphere

Tips for students · 6 March 2019

Tricky topics #2 - Earth's Early Atmosphere

We can see that a lot of students struggle with questions about the Earth’s early atmosphere. The second of our “Tricky Topics” series explains what has changed and why.

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