shburks Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Which do I need? Do I need both? Ideally, I need something with the answers and the problems worked out. What do I need? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess in the Burbs Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 I have the Solutions Manual sold by AskDrCallahan and it has answers and most problems worked out. Even shows graphs. Super useful book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shburks Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 I have the Solutions Manual sold by AskDrCallahan and it has answers and most problems worked out. Even shows graphs. Super useful book! Thank you!! Do you know what is in the Teacher's Manual? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess in the Burbs Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 If you are talking about the Teacher Guide askdrcallahan sells then it is the tests with the problems worked. so basically tests answer key. I only use it when grading the tests, but it's very thorough! So I use both. Just the test key isn't used as much. Seems like I saw a 'teacher manual' for Jacob's at a used store but I don't recall what was in it, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shburks Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 If you are talking about the Teacher Guide askdrcallahan sells then it is the tests with the problems worked. so basically tests answer key. I only use it when grading the tests, but it's very thorough! So I use both. Just the test key isn't used as much. Seems like I saw a 'teacher manual' for Jacob's at a used store but I don't recall what was in it, sorry. There's a Teacher's Guide to Elementary Algebra that goes with the book. The description I found was lesson plans and answers to the examples or something. Just wondering if I need it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 We use the TM, mostly for checking answers. I would consider it necessary unless you plan to solve all the answers yourself. I think we bought it on eBay. Each chapter in the text is set up into 4 sections: I as review, II and III which are identical skills, and IV which is a challenge puzzle. The answers for set II are in the back f the textbook but you'll need the TM for the others, plus the test answers. The solutions, unfortunately, aren't given, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 You need solutions. That's the only part of the teacher's guide that we have used thus far -it has solutions to the Set 1, 3 and 4 problems. Only the Set 2 problem solutions are found in the back of the book. It does also include a lesson plan for presenting each lesson. It suggests transparencies to show and what to say, although of course you don't actually have the transparencies. You could write the problems on a whiteboard. Often it kicks off the lesson with a problem to solve together that introduces the lesson concept. We haven't used it yet, as Ch. 1-5 were review and done independently. Now that she's into totally new stuff, I'm thinking I might pull it out and take a look! I had kind of forgotten that it had this additional material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Rose--I'm curious about which guide you are using? We have A Teachers Guide to Elementary Algebra, and it does have the lesson plans and transparencies and so forth, but not solutions to every problem. Only answers. How to reach those answers (solutions) would be a great help for the future. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shburks Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 You need solutions. That's the only part of the teacher's guide that we have used thus far -it has solutions to the Set 1, 3 and 4 problems. Only the Set 2 problem solutions are found in the back of the book. It does also include a lesson plan for presenting each lesson. It suggests transparencies to show and what to say, although of course you don't actually have the transparencies. You could write the problems on a whiteboard. Often it kicks off the lesson with a problem to solve together that introduces the lesson concept. We haven't used it yet, as Ch. 1-5 were review and done independently. Now that she's into totally new stuff, I'm thinking I might pull it out and take a look! I had kind of forgotten that it had this additional material. Thanks, Rose. Guess I'm off to find a copy of Solutions, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 This is the one i have: http://www.amazon.com/Teachers-Guide-Elementary-Algebra/dp/0716710757/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1421512150&sr=8-1&keywords=a+teacher%27s+guide+to+elementary+algebra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Thanks. I have the same book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shburks Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 This is the one i have: http://www.amazon.com/Teachers-Guide-Elementary-Algebra/dp/0716710757/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1421512150&sr=8-1&keywords=a+teacher%27s+guide+to+elementary+algebra thanks, Rose. I ordered this one! What about this one though: http://www.amazon.com/Solutions-Manual-Elementary-Algebra-Harold/dp/0615315011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 According to the comments on Amazon, it doesn't provide solutions either, or at least not to most of the problems. Looks like another answer guide from what I can tell. That's too bad--I'm sure a lot of us would benefit from having the solutions process for each question spelled out for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Yes, that would be useful. It sounds like the Dr. Callahan guide has worked-out solutions according to what Tess posted above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dauphin Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 From looking at the product description on the askdrcallahan website, it looks like there might be more than one version of the solutions manual, accounting for the mixed reviews? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 thanks, Rose. I ordered this one! What about this one though: http://www.amazon.com/Solutions-Manual-Elementary-Algebra-Harold/dp/0615315011 That's the one I ordered, and should have shortly. I'll let you know what it looks like when it gets here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shburks Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 That's the one I ordered, and should have shortly. I'll let you know what it looks like when it gets here! Yes, please! Let me know if I should buy it, too. It's much easier to find that the textbook and the Teacher's Manual! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kagmypts Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I posed this question to Rainbow Resource last week, and here is the response from Deanne: "Thank you for your email. We have different resources for teaching Jacob’s Elementary Algebra. Item #009966 is the SM from Dr. Callahan. This course offers supportive instructional DVDs and this newest Solutions Manual which offers solutions for all the problems. Item #010026 is from Jacob’s, this Teacher's Guide contains lesson plans and (most importantly) answers to the problems. This is only the final answer to the problem and not step-by-step solutions. Worth mentioning, this TG is not currently available, as Jacobs ran into publishing issues." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shburks Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 I posed this question to Rainbow Resource last week, and here is the response from Deanne: "Thank you for your email. We have different resources for teaching Jacob’s Elementary Algebra. Item #009966 is the SM from Dr. Callahan. This course offers supportive instructional DVDs and this newest Solutions Manual which offers solutions for all the problems. Item #010026 is from Jacob’s, this Teacher's Guide contains lesson plans and (most importantly) answers to the problems. This is only the final answer to the problem and not step-by-step solutions. Worth mentioning, this TG is not currently available, as Jacobs ran into publishing issues." Awesome! Thank you so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 I just got the Solutions Manual from Rainbow Resource, and while it has all the answers, it does not show them worked out/step-by-step solutions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shburks Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 I just got the Solutions Manual from Rainbow Resource, and while it has all the answers, it does not show them worked out/step-by-step solutions. Neither does the Teacher Manual. Wonder what the purpose is for the Solution Manual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess in the Burbs Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 The solution manual does show step by step for more difficult problems. Only once have I wished something worked out. They did a great job of showing work on problems that need it shown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shburks Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 The solution manual does show step by step for more difficult problems. Only once have I wished something worked out. They did a great job of showing work on problems that need it shown. Awesome! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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