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Title: Nelson vs. Heinemann Textbook
Post by: stonecold on January 15, 2010, 12:53:41 pm

Hi all,

I would just like to know why there is such a big difference in pages between these two books.
My school is using Nelson, which is 352 pages long, and the Heinemann equivelent is 632 pages long.
That's nearly a 300 page discrepancy!  Should I be worried? Does anyone believe I would be better off working from the Heinemann book instead?  I do have an electronic copy.

Thanks,
stonecold :]

Title: Re: Nelson vs. Heinemann Textbook
Post by: Aden on January 15, 2010, 01:03:34 pm

I haven't seen the Nelson Textbook, but over half of the 587 pages in the Heinemann book is dedicated to the Detailed Studies. Both books probably have the same number of pages for the Core Units, so you shouldn't be too worried (and there is no harm in going over both textbooks anyway).

Title: Re: Nelson vs. Heinemann Textbook
Post by: the.watchman on January 15, 2010, 01:10:07 pm

I've got a Nelson 3/4 textbook (from a friend who has finished VCE) and the explanations are quite good. It doesn't look like there are that many questions though...

Title: Re: Nelson vs. Heinemann Textbook
Post by: stonecold on January 15, 2010, 01:14:38 pm

Thanks for the replies.

Having a quick look through, it does look to be lacking in questions.  I might print off the questions from Heinemann and do them for extra work during the year. :)

Title: Re: Nelson vs. Heinemann Textbook
Post by: superflya on January 15, 2010, 01:18:23 pm

I don't thinknu shood be worried by the amount of pages as the jacaranda book has half the number of pages compared to heinemann but IMO it's still a pretty good text.