Michelle in GA Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 nt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura in CA Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 I would love one, too. I've been looking at high school class syllabuses (for classes that use the same textbook as CD) on the web but haven't found anything too useful yet. ~Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsintheGarden Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 My ds (now at college - engineering school) finished CD Precalc, and my dd is about 2/3 through it. I am usually a schedule person, and schedule everything else to the nth degree over the summer for the following school year. The only thing I don't schedule is CD math. For Precalc I feel a good pace is completing 2 to 2 1/2 sections a week. Chapters 10 and 11 on Analytic Geometry are challenging and may take longer to finish than the others. Each chapter has a test that is treated as a 1-day affair, but the four cumulative tests (for Chs. 1-3, 4-6, 7-10, and 11-12) are twice as long so I allow 2 days. The book has 13 chapters: P-12. Chapter P is review and can be skipped if the student has a strong background in Algebra (we skipped it). Chapter 12 is on Limits and can be skipped if the student is going directly into CD Calculus (we skipped it/will skip it). The first chapter in CD Calculus is on Limits and is pretty much identical to CD Precalc Chapter 12. I have found that it can take students about 1 1/2 school years to finish the book. My oldest worked on it in the summer, and my dd will, too. They are both mathy types and have done well with it. I would not want to rush this course as it is foundational for Calculus. So, even if I had a schedule made up, it might not help you because your student will probably have different circumstances. One thing that I have found is that I really need to keep up with checking and going over missed problems. I had a baby (and twin 3 year olds) when ds was going through it. It was very hard to manage, but I'm glad I didn't hand the checking over to my ds. It was good to have a handle on his understanding. We both were so happy when he finished! My youngest dc are older now, so I am better able to keep up with the checking with my dd. It's going much better. GardenMom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura in CA Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 That's good to know. I feel lost without a schedule, so your info is helpful! ~Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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