Student Book Research shows that students can have greater success in their studies when the information they learn is connected to key concepts. The Oxford Big Ideas History series provides a framework for developing students' historical knowledge, understanding and skills through inquiry questions and the use and interpretation of sources. The Australian Curriculum: History also identifies key inquiry questions or big ideas and core historical concepts and skills to be explored at each year level. Every chapter in the series mirrors this approach to ensure students develop deep learning of these big ideas, concepts and skills.The exciting Oxford Big Ideas History series will motivate and engage students. Its wide range of activities and sources will allow students to be successful in the history classroom and support their independent study.

The Oxford Maths Practice and Mastery Books give students more opportunities for practice, consolidation, homework and revision. The Oxford Maths Practice and Mastery Books are an integral part of the Oxford Maths series, which incorporates all the resources that a teachers needs to simply and comprehensively teach the Australian and Victorian Mathematics curricula and the New South Wales Syllabus.SequencingThe Oxford Maths Practice and Mastery Books follow exactly the same sequence of topics as the Oxford Maths Student Books.Each topic features:Practice - activities that allow students to practise concepts and skills from the Independent Practice section of the Oxford Maths Student BookChallenge - activities that allow students to practise concepts and skills from the Extended Practice section of the Oxford Maths Student BookMastery - activities that go beyond the Extended practice section of the Oxford Maths Student Book, and give students the opportunity to apply their learning and problem-solving skills in open-ended, real-world contexts.

As a result of his visits to classrooms across the nation, Brown has compiled an engaging, thought-provoking collection of classroom vignettes which show the ways in which national, state, and local school politics translate into changed classroom practices. "Captures the breadth, depth, and urgency of education reform".--Bill Clinton.