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Title: Elementary Algebra by Harold R. Jacobs ISBN: 0-7167-1047-1 Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Company Pub. Date: 01 January, 1979 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $40.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.71 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Great text, could use detailed solutions manual
Comment: I have used Jacobs Algebra (and Geometry) for a homeschooled audience, in a once a week classroom setting of 8 - 16 students. I love the way the material is presented, especially the "boxes" which are used to multiply and divide polynomials and lead to an elegant method of completing the square. His emphasis is understanding WHY, instead of HOW, and my students enjoy it. I do have parents repeatedly request a "Solutions Manual" - the teacher's guide only contains the answers, not the solutions to the problems.
Rating: 4
Summary: I am a homeschooled student using the book...
Comment: ...and I have found this to be a good course. We had tried several algebra programs before we tried this one. For the most part this is an excellent course. One drawback is that the author often does not mention key principles, in the assumption that the student will pick it up while working the problem, which is not usually the case! Overall, however, this is a good course. An optional supplement to the course: it helps to have a dad around who knows algebra...
Rating: 5
Summary: excellent results with a gifted ten-year-old
Comment: The question last summer was, "What next, for a younger child who's mastered all pre-algebra mathematics?" Was it too soon for algebra? And could a parent who hadn't seen algebra in the last twenty years help the child cope? We ordered Harold R. Jacobs' text, encouraged by reviews mentioning self-study, and began work in the fall, prepared to stop any time if the child found it difficult or stressful. Quite the contrary, it was mentally very stimulating -- the lessons took us carefully from familiar arithmetic concepts to equivalent algebraic content, and presented each new subject one very manageable bit at a time. It was exciting to watch skills developing, and to see the child's enjoyment and growing sense of competence. The little cartoons and often-intriguing Set IV exercises added fun and interest throughout, and made it easier to keep going, especially during those mid-school-year doldrums. This book was perfectly suited to our schedule, which allowed only three lessons per week, after school -- we needed only about half an hour per lesson at first, then near the end, about an hour and a half. We're looking forward to Jacobs' Geometry book next year!
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Title: Mathematics: A Human Endeavor : A Book for Those Who Think They Don't Like the Subject by Harold R. Jacobs ISBN: 071672426X Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Company Pub. Date: 01 January, 1994 List Price(USD): $78.10 |
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Title: Geometry: Seeing, Doing, Understanding by Harold R. Jacobs ISBN: 0716743612 Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Company Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $74.55 |
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Title: Geometry (Mathematics Series) by Harold R. Jacobs ISBN: 071671745X Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Company Pub. Date: 01 January, 1987 List Price(USD): $106.50 |
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Title: Calculus by and for Young People-Worksheets by Donald Cohen ISBN: 0962167452 Publisher: Don Cohen the Mathman Pub. Date: 01 February, 1991 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had by S. Wise Bauer, Susan Wise Bauer ISBN: 0393050947 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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