dkholland Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I have decided to get the DVD's for my son and use the text Jacob's Geometry. My question is did you follow his syllabus and was it enough practice for your student? My ds is 13 and really ready for Geometry, so I am not worried about him doing it. I just had a so-so experience with Dr. Callahan's Alg. II/Trig course and I really thought there was not nearly enough practice. Just wondered how other students did when using the program and if you assigned more problems than and syllabus. Thanks!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura in CA Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 In the first few chapters I thought Dr Callahan did a good job of picking interesting problems (I did notice he always skipped problems involving dice, cards, etc.!). But by chapter 8 (I'm looking at my notes) I noticed he almost never had any problems from Set II -- which are the more challenging ones. (Set I problems reinforce & often "prove" the concepts from the section text.) I think it was in the teacher's manual that it is suggested that most students should work a selection of problems from both sets. So in chapter 8 I started assigning several problems from Set II. By the end of the book I had my boys pick at least two problems from each set (ones that looked interesting to them). So yes, I thought he was too skimpy on problems. Even bright kids need a bit more practice to solidify the concepts! Also, he skips a whole chapter (13), but we did that chapter, too -- some of the problems in the next chapter couldn't be done without understanding chapter 13! ~Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z2_mom Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 I am thinking of going this route for the following year. It is good to know that I will need to add in more problems than the DVD's suggest. How is the DVD's for actually explaining the concepts? It is easy enough to add in problems to be done, that is really not a big deal. I am wanting the DVD's more for the extra lectures and explanation of the chapters. I can help my dd but with other children to teach the free time will be needed. lynda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyThreeSons Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 I have (on my other computer) the list of problems that Mr. Jacobs assigns for homework. I believe it's for the 3rd edition of his text. He sent me both his standard set and the set he uses for Honors level students. I'm happy to pass it along if it helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z2_mom Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 I would love to have that. It would help to classify the course as an honors course when applying to colleges. lynda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkholland Posted June 25, 2008 Author Share Posted June 25, 2008 I have (on my other computer) the list of problems that Mr. Jacobs assigns for homework. I believe it's for the 3rd edition of his text. He sent me both his standard set and the set he uses for Honors level students. I'm happy to pass it along if it helps. I would assume that there are only answers to the odd problems in the back of the book, right? I know Dr. Callahan states in his description that math takes practice, but I still think a student at that level should do most of the problems. Thank you very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Laura in CA Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 I would love to see Mr Jacobs' lists of problems, too! Wish I'd had them while we were actually doing Geometry, instead of feeling my way in the dark. I should've posted here!! :-) ~Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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