Nelson vs. Heinemann Textbook

[stonecold]

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 :]

[Aden]

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).

[the.watchman]

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...

[stonecold]

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.

[superflya]

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.