Worst textbooks (1 Viewer)

[ajdlinux]

What's the worst textbook you've been issued with yet this term? (Either size and weight, or content.)

So far Jacaranda Physics 2 (I think that's what it is) is the largest textbook I've received since I started at my school at the beginning of this year. It's almost A4 sized and 550 pages thick. (Still, it's not as bad as Spotlight HSC Chemistry.)

As yet I haven't found any major inaccuracies in my textbooks, except Legal Studies stuff seems to always get out of date the week after it's printed =/

 

[phosphorescent]

I'm not sure about a single textbook, but my collective load of Agriculture textbooks sure make a crack at it. I haven't even looked at half of them

 

[Sarah182]

Worst Textbook?
Definately Maths In Focus for Extension 1 (both prelim and HSC)
The questions are not remotely like they are asked in Exams, the examples hardly ever cover any of the harder work and the Extension and 2 unit stuff is all jumbled up together.

I barely touched my Chemistry Contexts textbook for Prelim, hopefully we get a better textbook in the HSC.

 

[xJennax]

Omg I've seen that Physics book coz my bf had it this year....it's MASSIVE! ;o

 

[laureese]

yeah ive been hearing that maths in focus is pretty shit.. and if you cant do those questions then ur screwed for the hsc

 

[Shoom]

I beg to differ, I know someone who got 95 for his HSC using Math in Focus only.

But I will do some from Math In Focus and Fitz.

 

[kaz1]

Tim Riley Economics, the language is too sophisticated for me.

 

[Continuum]

I beg to differ, I know someone who got 95 for his HSC using Math in Focus only.

But I will do some from Math In Focus and Fitz.

His other subjects could have just made up for maths you know. If he did get a decent maths mark, I honestly doubt he would have limited himself to Math in Focus.

 

[minijumbuk]

Jacaranda Physics is pretty good. Don't judge a book by its size!

Also, I personally recommend Conquering Chemistry over Spotlight Chemistry. I haven't seen Chemistry in Context yet.

 

[Njn]

Excel Chemistry seems a bit too short.

 

[laureese]

apparently heinemann legal studies HSC course is too complex, but i like it

 

[Shoom]

I dont know his UAI but he showed me the HSC results and he got a 95 for maths, I know many people who use math in focus and do well ( my cousin for example).

But they also do past papers so I guess that helps, now please post in my study topic cause im confused

 

[jaychouf4n]

Omg I've seen that Physics book coz my bf had it this year....it's MASSIVE! ;o

You haven't seen Chemistry 2 from Jacaranda, 727 pages of intense chemistry action and 5kg of pain.

 

[barbecuedflava]

Tim Riley Economics, the language is too sophisticated for me.

lol, i agree, it makes something that should be easy to understand so complicated

same with spotlight physics, that also uses the worst language

 

[SimonLee13]

apparently heinemann legal studies HSC course is too complex, but i like it

Might be a good thing as the legal studies course is ridiculously simple.

 

[beve]

You haven't seen Chemistry 2 from Jacaranda, 727 pages of intense chemistry action and 5kg of pain.

We got Jacaranda. The weight didn't bother me too much though. =)