What has happened with kaplan text book. It is full of error and no explantions of how there answers are arrived at. I always used kaplan books but would no longer advice anyone to do so now. Has anyone else had problems with there book.

Are you sure there are errors?  Have you tried contacting Kaplan about the book?

I have never found that any textbooks is full of errors, the only time that I thought I had found some, I emailed the author and found that it was my mistakes.

Can you post an example of an error so we can see what the problem is?

Thankyou for your reply Bluewednesday$ the problem we have as a group is that there are a sevral contradictions of information. There are lots of errors which I will show example of when I get my book back and the way the book shows answers is not easy to follow. We used kaplan books when I wrote my last session of exams but never again. They are horrible to understand as well as not easy to use.

I didnt find errors however, I certainly understand your frustrations!  I used this book for the sitting in December and really struggled to understand how they arrived at the answers.  It was the first time I had used Kaplan and I bombed the exam.  I just didnt understand enough theory behind how the answers were obtained.  For my resit I have returned to BPP.  I just feel they are better suited to distance learners.  Kaplan would have been really good I think had I had the benefit of a tutor.  But this is my own personal opinion.

On a number of occasions our P2 lecturer has noted that there are mistakes in the Kaplan text book.  I’m unable to give examples as I haven’t read it myself :(

Dipak - March 21 2010 07:25 AM

What has happened with kaplan text book. It is full of error and no explantions of how there answers are arrived at. I always used kaplan books but would no longer advice anyone to do so now. Has anyone else had problems with there book.

Hi Dipak,

I would be extremely surprised if the F7 book was “full of errors”.  In many cases students may be misinterpreting the information in the book rather than it containing several errors.  I don’t think I can accept that a Kaplan text book such as ACCA F7 is “a mess”.

As previous posters have commented, it might be worth posting up some of the issues you are having so that we can try and work through the issues as I am sure there will be a logical explanation. 

Best wishes
Steve

Alot of suggested answers can mistify students and we advise not to get too hung up on what the suggested solutions are.  Suggested solutions are purely suggestions and there can be no single way to answer a question.  We are all different - the key to success is ensuring that the points we make do answer the question posed and are backed up with suitable examples or evidence from the scenario and then gain the available marks, ensuring a pass!
Best of luck with homestudy.
MindPlanning Support Team

I used kaplan for P2 and yeah, There were quite a few errors in there.. Not anything wrong with the explanation as such but there were lots of formatting errors like some figure posted in the wrong column stuff like that, Also there were spelling mistakes and also sometimes in Kaplan they would do the workings directly and that would confuse me and i would spend 30 minutes just looking at a simple question.

So yeah, There are a few errors in Kaplan’s F7/P2 book. Also there are usually a couple of different methods to solve a particular question.. BPP sometimes use 1 method while Kaplan uses the other method and that can also cause confusion.

Steve Collings - March 22 2010 02:07 PM

Dipak - March 21 2010 07:25 AM

What has happened with kaplan text book. It is full of error and no explantions of how there answers are arrived at. I always used kaplan books but would no longer advice anyone to do so now. Has anyone else had problems with there book.

Hi Dipak,

I would be extremely surprised if the F7 book was “full of errors”.  In many cases students may be misinterpreting the information in the book rather than it containing several errors.  I don’t think I can accept that a Kaplan text book such as ACCA F7 is “a mess”.

As previous posters have commented, it might be worth posting up some of the issues you are having so that we can try and work through the issues as I am sure there will be a logical explanation. 

Best wishes
Steve

I am surprised too. I always used Kaplan stuff and I would never think to recommend Kaplan to anyone especially who is doing home study. I took coaching for F7 but that was the only subject where I went for classes otherwise I have passed all other exams in first sitting using Kaplan study text and exam kits doing home study. I am studying for final two optional exams again using Kaplan stuff.

You may find some mistakes here and there in complete text but if you use en-gage you will find the correction sheet of mistakes there.

@steve have you see the newest Kaplan book for F7. I think you will find lots of errors in it with numbers and layouts.they are not good for students.
My tutor also agrees that the books are not as good as before and the standard is now weak so we are going to use Bpp books.

Dipak

Can you post some examples of the errors?

Dipak - March 26 2010 03:32 AM

@steve have you see the newest Kaplan book for F7. I think you will find lots of errors in it with numbers and layouts.they are not good for students.
My tutor also agrees that the books are not as good as before and the standard is now weak so we are going to use Bpp books.

Dipak

With all due respect, until you can support your argument that Kaplan’s materials are “a mess” and “full” of errors then I am afraid your “campaign” (for want of a better word) carries absolutely no weight.

FYI I am not affiliated in any way with Kaplan, but I do know their materials are written by a team of content specialists, all of whom have experience of teaching the specific subject.  Granted, errors may seep into the material but (until I am proved wrong) can only assume your assertion is over exaggerated.

As Bluewednesday also advises, please provide examples of where errors are contained in the material.  Alternatively please feel free to email me at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and I will happily forward your email to Kaplan on your behalf as if your assertions are correct then Kaplan will need to be informed.

Kind regards

Steve

Bluewednesday - March 21 2010 10:36 AM

Are you sure there are errors?  Have you tried contacting Kaplan about the book?

I have never found that any textbooks is full of errors, the only time that I thought I had found some, I emailed the author and found that it was my mistakes.

I can believe that you have found a, or a small number of, error(s). I used BPP for P6 and found one example question so ‘arse about face’ that I e-mailed my tutor to check I wasn’t going bananas. She confirmed that the text book answer made no sense what-so-ever and was fundamentallly wrong (a bot like mi spalling ov fundamentally). She e-mailed BPP’s publishing section to make the complaint (I never got any feedback).

In the case of P6 it was an issue regarding changes in the tax legilsation. The publisher clearly hadn’t updated the example question based on the new rules.

Is F7 tax?

No it’s financial reporting, I found an error in BPP’s P2 book once which was confirmed by the author.  However in all my time it was just one error which is why I am wondering about ‘full or errors’.

Hi Dipak,

If you have a problem with the Kaplan F7 book you simply need to drop an e-mail to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). This will go to the content specialist, who not only authors the book, but works with it day in and out as an experienced tutor. You will get a very quick, expert and knowlegable response.

Have you tried this normal route?

As suggested above, however, first of all you should always check on your engage portal (http://www.en-gage.co.uk) as additional information is available (as Zig has already said above). We post details of any typo’s and also points of clarification (as opposed to errors) as we get feedback from the examiner on areas of accounting, which are subject to choice or interpretation.

I hope this helps

Regards

Clare (Kaplan)

mate just get BPP books