Need Pre-Calculus Recommendatons....

[LearnFromHome]

I was looking into MUS but would that be enough to prepare my son for college? I really need to find something.

 

Thanks

Judy

[Martha in GA]

I don't know much about MUS.

 

My ds used the "cheap Chalkdust" pre-calculus which uses Larson's book. I didn't have time to teach my ds because he has 3 younger siblings, and, even though I wouldn't consider him a math whiz, my ds did fine with the video teachings of Dana Mosely.

 

I've heard good things about Lial's, but I don't know if it has a teaching video.

 

What has your child used for Algebra I and II?

 

Martha

[KnitWit]

We use Chalkdust with no regrets. :) My dd understands to the point of being able to help others.

[Alyce]

and did well with it but found it somewhat confusing with the video. Instead she ended up just using the book and figuring out things for herself. She placed into Calculus in college and made an A but she is very math smart.

 

My son used Lial's and really liked it. I thought it did a much better job of explaining things then MUS. It does have a vidoe component called DVT's but we didn't use them and most people don't or only need them once or twice. The student book does a very good job of explaining things. He basically did it independently since I had never had Calculus and did very well with it which is good since he is not great in math. If I had to choose between the two I'd choose Lial's. You do need to get the Graphing calculator book that goes with it. That helped a lot.

[LearnFromHome]

Alyce,

 

Can you please give me Lial's ISBN#, I would really appreciate it.

 

Thank you,

Judy

[FFkm]

The kids and I like Dana Mosely a lot. You could try a lecture or two out on his website and see if it's for you. All of his material is on that site.

 

http://bit.ly/coolmathguy

[MomsintheGarden]

We use Chalkdust with no regrets. :) My dd understands to the point of being able to help others.

:iagree:

 

My oldest two both used CD Precalc and Calc. CD Precalc was a challenging program for them. They thought Calculus was easier, probably because of the great foundation CD Precalc gave them. No regrets here, either!

 

GardenMom

 

PS We haven't used other programs for these courses, so can't compare.

[Catherine]

My ds, who loves math, self-taught from the Lial's book. He took AP calc afterward and was very well prepared, in terms of understand enough to do calculus without any difficulty.

[Chris in VA]

Ds used Lial's in public school--I took a look at it briefly, and it seems well-written and well-organized. He really liked it. He did find he has a gap in his Algebra 2 skills; make sure these are strong.

[Leanna Tomlinson]

Another vote for Chalkdust!

 

Ds15 loves it. Dd(18) was using ALEKS to finish up her senior year, and had to switch over to Chalkdust mid-year because Chalkdust explained things so much more clearly.

[lisabees]

We've decided to do Lial's along with Dana Mosley's online videos (same as Chalkdust) at www.coolmathguy.com

 

It's cheaper and has instant online access.