Exam Board: OCR Level: A-level Subject: Mathematics First Teaching: September 2017 First Exam: June 2018 An OCR endorsed textbook Boost your students' knowledge, skills and understanding so that they can reason and apply mathematical techniques in solving problems; with resources developed specifically for the OCR specification by subject experts and in conjunction with MEI (Mathematics in Education and Industry). - Boosts students' confidence approaching assessment with plenty of practice questions and skill-focused exercises. - Build connections between topics with points of interest and things to notice such as links to real world examples and noticing patterns in the mathematics. - Ensure targeted development of problem-solving, proof and modelling with dedicated sections on these key areas. - Help students to overcome misconceptions and develop insight into problem-solving with annotated worked examples. - Enhance individual understanding with discussion points designed for the classroom and end of chapter summaries of the key points. - Tackle the new statistics requirements with five dedicated statistics chapters and questions around the use of large data sets. - Address the use of technology in Mathematics with a variety of questions based around the use of spreadsheets, graphing software and graphing calculators. - Provide clear paths of progression that combine pure and applied maths into a coherent whole.

Exam Board: OCR Level: A-level Subject: Mathematics First Teaching: September 2017 First Exam: June 2018 An OCR endorsed textbook Boost your students' knowledge, skills and understanding so that they can reason and apply mathematical techniques in solving problems; with resources developed specifically for the OCR specification by subject experts and in conjunction with MEI (Mathematics in Education and Industry). - Boosts students' confidence approaching assessment with plenty of practice questions and skill-focused exercises. - Build connections between topics with points of interest and things to notice such as links to real world examples and noticing patterns in the mathematics. - Ensure targeted development of problem-solving, proof and modelling with dedicated sections on these key areas. - Help students to overcome misconceptions and develop insight into problem-solving with annotated worked examples. - Enhance individual understanding with discussion points designed for the classroom and end of chapter summaries of the key points. - Tackle the new statistics requirements with five dedicated statistics chapters and questions around the use of large data sets. - Address the use of technology in Mathematics with a variety of questions based around the use of spreadsheets, graphing software and graphing calculators. - Provide clear paths of progression that combine pure and applied maths into a coherent whole. - Reinforce Year 1 content with short review chapters - Year 2 only

Investigation of unjustly neglected opera. Hans Pfitzner's `musical legend' Palestrina is considered in the German-speaking countries to be one of the supreme masterpieces of music, and yet it is all but unknown elsewhere. The opera, first performed in 1917, tells the story of the composer Palestrina, his struggle to compose following the death of his wife and in the face of anti-musical decrees from the Church, and his eventual composition of the Missa Papae Marcelli, which, it is said, wasdictated to him by angles and reconciled the Church to contrapuntal music. The story, set against the historical background of the Council of Trent, is an allegory of the individual artist in society, as well as a statement of Pfitzner's own beliefs about the musical climate of his time. Toller discusses the music and the dramatic structure, and presents a comprehensive introduction to the background material in the many diverse fields encompassed by the opera. OWEN TOLLER is Head of Mathematics at Merchant Taylor's School; he is a member of the London Symphony Chorus and sings with a number of other groups. His interest in Pfitzner began when he sang in the first British performance of Palestrina, a semi-professional production by Abbey Opera in London in 1979.

Exam Board: OCR Level: A-level Subject: Mathematics First Teaching: September 2017 First Exam: June 2018 An OCR endorsed textbook Grow your students' confidence in applying mathematical techniques to solving problems with resources developed specifically for the OCR specification subject experts and in conjunction with MEI (Mathematics in Education and Industry). - Develop reasoning and problem-solving skills with practice questions and differentiated exercises that build mathematical techniques. - Help students to overcome misconceptions and develop insight into problem-solving with annotated worked examples. - Build connections between topics with points of interest and things to notice such as links to real world examples and noticing patterns in the mathematics. - Enhance individual understanding with discussion points designed for the classroom. - Consolidate understanding with end of chapter summaries of the key points. - Provide clear paths of progression that combine pure and applied maths into a coherent whole.

Exam Board: OCR Level: A-level Subject: Mathematics First Teaching: September 2017 First Exam: June 2018 An OCR endorsed textbook Provide full support for the Further Mechanics papers with worked examples, stimulating activities and assessment support developed by subject experts and in conjunction with MEI (Mathematics in Education and Industry). - Prepare for assessment with skills-building activities, worked examples and practice questions. - Build an understanding of mathematical concepts with real-world examples that help create connections between topics and develop modelling skills. - Overcome misconceptions and develop insight into problem-solving with annotated worked examples. - Improve understanding with graduated exercises that support you at every stage of your learning.

Investigation of unjustly neglected opera. Hans Pfitzner's `musical legend' Palestrina is considered in the German-speaking countries to be one of the supreme masterpieces of music, and yet it is all but unknown elsewhere. The opera, first performed in 1917, tells the story of the composer Palestrina, his struggle to compose following the death of his wife and in the face of anti-musical decrees from the Church, and his eventual composition of the Missa Papae Marcelli, which, it is said, wasdictated to him by angles and reconciled the Church to contrapuntal music. The story, set against the historical background of the Council of Trent, is an allegory of the individual artist in society, as well as a statement of Pfitzner's own beliefs about the musical climate of his time. Toller discusses the music and the dramatic structure, and presents a comprehensive introduction to the background material in the many diverse fields encompassed by the opera. OWEN TOLLER is Head of Mathematics at Merchant Taylor's School; he is a member of the London Symphony Chorus and sings with a number of other groups. His interest in Pfitzner began when he sang in the first British performance of Palestrina, a semi-professional production by Abbey Opera in London in 1979.

Exam Board: OCR Level: A-level Subject: Mathematics First Teaching: September 2017 First Exam: June 2018 An OCR endorsed textbook Grow your students' confidence in applying mathematical techniques to solving problems with resources developed specifically for the OCR specification subject experts and in conjunction with MEI (Mathematics in Education and Industry). - Develop reasoning and problem-solving skills with practice questions and differentiated exercises that build mathematical techniques. - Help students to overcome misconceptions and develop insight into problem-solving with annotated worked examples. - Build connections between topics with points of interest and things to notice such as links to real world examples and noticing patterns in the mathematics. - Enhance individual understanding with discussion points designed for the classroom. - Consolidate understanding with end of chapter summaries of the key points. - Provide clear paths of progression that combine pure and applied maths into a coherent whole. - Reinforce Year 1 content with short review chapters - Year 2 only