Getting Ready for Fall and Choosing the Right Math Course
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We OFTEN receive questions from parents asking us to assist them in sifting through what amounts to a myriad of course options available to them at the beginning of each new school year. As always, we believe parents are the best at choosing what works best for their students. However, we do have some suggestions and ideas on how to evaluate those courses to help parents make informed, and hopefully easier, decisions about math courses.
In this newsletter we take a look at what is important in a math course, the NEW solutions manual to make grading so much easier on Harold Jacobs' Algebra 1 course, and a quick online quiz to evaluate your student's readiness for Algebra.
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 What is important when selecting and teaching a math course?
1. Look for a strong math program - one that will prepare students for the future.
2. Go for those who use high quality textbooks or college textbooks whenever they can.
3. Look for something with video and support!
5.
Get your student working with you to review curriculum online. Most
have samples they provide. Let your
student help you choose the plan.
6. When you order - get a
syllabus and work with your student to decide how
much they will do daily or weekly.
7. Review and make sure
they are doing the work - aggressively at first - then as they start to
take responsibility for their own work, you can do less
frequent checks.
8. When they have problems do NOT
be too quick to solve it for them. Learning how to understand and communicate difficulties is a big part of the problem solving skill.
9. When outside help is needed, let them take the initiative and follow through.This
will help them to learn to communicate difficulties and interact with
others - as well as to take responsibility of getting the solutions.
10.
If your student does have a gift for math your main job will be to keep
them motivated and track progress. As you know - when they get into
college they will not even get this much support!
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It is FINALLY here! The NEW updated Solutions Manual to accompany Harold Jacobs' Elementary Algebra textbook.
The new solutions manual contains the answers to ALL the problems in
the textbook all in one place, PLUS each solution is worked out
step-by-step.
We are VERY excited to be offering this wonderful improvement and we
are very grateful to Mr. Jacobs for allowing us to participate in the
book's release.
CLICK HERE to order your copy today! |
Is your student ready for Algebra 1? Take the Algebra Readiness Exam to find out!
We OFTEN get questioned about which course is the appropriate path as
students are nearing algebra. For details and access to an assessment
test, see Algebra Readiness Exam.
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We're here to help you!
Sincerely,
Dale Callahan
AskDrCallahan
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