What maths books are your secondary school aged kids working from?

[suggestionsplease1]

Trying to find out on behalf of a competent adult learner who missed a huge amount of schooling and wants to catch up with maths. They will be doing this quite independently so ideally maths books that support this learning style with explanation and example. The plan is to purchase a full range of books from say age 10 ability right up to Higher Standard.

Think its Teejay maths books that ds works from. They don't bring them home usually but he did have it home a few weeks ago

My youngest DD who left school last year taking maths for all 6 years loved Heriot Watt Scholar. School provided free online access.

Many thanks both! I will have a look at the books / paper materials from the suppliers suggested...online learning is not going to be possible unfortunately.

www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/books/ssmg/scottish-secondary-maths-red-1-student-book/9780435040116

This is the series I was tutoring from. It is easy to follow.

My ds is going into P7 and he's on Teejay book 3a and 3b. He is top group maths for an indication of levels.

This book folllows 'third level' in the cirricullum for excellence which i think is generally S1+.

There are a couple of OU modules, MU123 and MST124, that would cover the range of maths. MU123 is a very gentle introduction to maths and MST124 would take them up to most of Higher. Each module has 4 books which are very well written for independent study for adults because that is how OU students study, as opposed to textbooks which are generally written for use in classes with a teacher. You could probably get them second hand on eBay or somewhere like that from students who have finished the modules.

I don't know if actually studying the modules with the OU is something they would be interested in but it can be done using the printed course materials in an independent way. There are tutorials but they are not compulsory and many students prefer to study entirely independently without going to these. Both modules do have assignments but they can be handwritten and posted to the tutor.

Thanks @Invisimamma, that's good to get an idea of level!

@Fabuleuse - great shout and that's what I'd ordinarily be looking at I reckon, but this particular individual has an additional strong goal of supporting his daughter with maths when he's in a position to, if you get my gist, so I think it will be helpful to follow what the schools are doing!

@suggestionsplease1 i have a range of Maths book bought when helping my DS's, including Teejay maths books for level 4 (2 volumes) and a Leckie level 3 practice questions book. . I could send them to you if that helps?
I'd also recommend Carol Vordermans "help your child with Maths" book for helping explain concepts, very good visually.

@Wbeezer That's very kind of you! Unfortunately we are obliged to go through more official procurement channels on this particular occasion due to the setting. Which makes everything more expensive but just the way things have to be done. Hope somebody else can make use of them!

More info for you @suggestionsplease1, one of my DSs ended up studying Aplications of Maths by distance learning at college and the college used a Leckie and Leckie textbook.
My takeaway from seeing lots of Maths books over the years is that lots of them are very poorly laid out and designed (i have some professional experience of design). Unfortunately this makes it harder for lots of people who have struggled with education for various reasons to access the information in the textbooks, the Carol Vorderman book (its a Dorling Kindersley book) is the only one with a very well designed format with excellent relevant visualisations of maths concepts. Just a personal peeve of mine, schools produce a lot of their own curriculum material now and it is so poorly laid out and illustrated now compared to "old school" textbooks.

Thanks again @Wbeezer, that is definitely a consideration due to the extent of independent learning rather than taught learning that will be happening here. We will look into the Carol Vorderman book if there are difficulties!