PrepAcer GCSE guides

• GCSE Maths revision: how to revise for the AQA exams

  A topic-by-topic routine for AQA GCSE Maths, and where students most often lose marks.

• GCSE Maths: how to gain method marks even when you get stuck

  Why a wrong answer can still earn marks, and how to set out working so examiners can give them.

• GCSE Science revision: Biology, Chemistry and Physics

  One routine that works across all three sciences, with tips for each.

• GCSE Science command words: describe, explain and evaluate

  The first word of the question tells you what kind of answer earns the marks.

• How to get full marks on a systematic sampling question (GCSE Statistics)

  The three steps that earn the marks when a question asks you to describe a systematic sample.

• How PrepAcer marks written answers, point by point

  Written answers are marked against a list of mark points, and you can see the reasoning for each one.

• Revise with friends safely: how Group Challenge works

  Quiz your friends on the same questions, with the safety rules parents want to see.

• GCSE exam technique: managing time and checking your answers

  Simple habits that gain marks in any STEM GCSE paper, before you even get to the hard questions.

• GCSE Maths and Statistics command words explained

  The first word of a question tells you what to do. Here is what the common ones mean in Maths and Statistics.

• How to answer GCSE graph, chart and data questions

  A method for questions with a graph, chart or table, so you read it correctly and answer what is asked.