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opinions of Teaching Textbooks pre- calculus
kiana replied to Jeannie in NJ's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
I would finish the TT sequence and then decide where you want to go next. Changing mid-sequence is more likely to leave gaps (this is especially true for TT, as their scope and sequence is slightly nonstandard). Is this the daughter about to begin dual enrollment at the CC? If so, I'd finish TT precalc and then take the CC placement test and take further mathematics there. -
:iagree: I see this all. the. time. I'd rather have a student who took *and understood* Pre-Algebra and Algebra 1 than one who's gone through calculus and never understood anything but *thinks* he did.
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opinions of Teaching Textbooks pre- calculus
kiana replied to Jeannie in NJ's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
Has she had geometry? Trig will use and apply geometric knowledge ... and you mentioned only Alg 1 and 2. -
What I used is far out of print, and it was aimed at mathy students anyway. I agree with skipping the trigonometry sections -- a student who wants to learn trigonometry should do Foerster's precalculus course which covers them far more thoroughly. I haven't looked at Abeka, but I do like Foerster's books a lot, both for exposition and for relevance of word problems. Also, if you need video lessons mathwithoutborders.com has them. I haven't purchased them, but I liked his samples.
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A: Find someone who's as smart or smarter than he is in his strength for him to work with if possible. You may need to go online for this. B: Something where he'll struggle and have to work hard at first -- art? martial art? computer programming?
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That was interesting! (trivia content)
kiana replied to Orthodox6's topic in General Education Discussion Board
I didn't know you could *do* that! I could've seen what happened after I went to bed :( -
How do you keep track of books read?
kiana replied to Clover11's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
Lol :D When my (homeschooled) brother applied to college, they told him they wanted a list of every book read during high school, assigned and recreational. He phoned the admissions office and said "Are you sure? Because I could probably make this list, but since it would have well over a thousand books on it, I really don't want to and I don't think you want to read it either." They told him to include a representative sample. -
My turn for "Would You Eat This?"
kiana replied to AprilTN's topic in General Education Discussion Board
:D :D I'm glad you didn't eat the pad. I would eat it too, btw. -
What *is* the joke about the farmer's daughter?
kiana replied to Rebecca VA's topic in General Education Discussion Board
There are many jokes involving a farmer's daughter, but they usually involve a man coming to visit, the farmer putting up an ineffective barrier to stop them from having intercourse, the barrier being circumvented in some way, and a funny comment about that. That being said, here's one of my favourites: "How did it happen?" the doctor asked the middle-aged farmhand as he set the man's broken leg. "Well, doc, 25 years ago..." "Never mind the past! Tell me how you broke your leg this morning." "Like I was saying... 25 years ago, when I first started working on the farm, that night, right after I'd gone to bed, the farmer's beautiful daughter came into my room. She asked me if there was anything I wanted. I said, "No, everything is fine." "Are you sure?" she asked. "I'm sure," I said. "Isn't there anything I can do for you???" she wanted to know. "I reckon not," I replied. "Excuse me," said the doctor, "What does this story have to do with your broken leg?!?!?" "Well, this morning," the farmhand explained, "when it dawned on me what she meant, I fell off the roof!" -
8th grade health that is secular
kiana replied to swimmermom3's topic in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges
There's some workbooks here:http://tinyurl.com/4373k26 Some of them are secular and all of them are cheapish. -
This book/course is on my list for self-education, so if you do go with it I'd love to hear how it works out. I just don't have enough hours in the day at the moment. :D
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Here's an MIT OCW course which uses the 5th edition of this text: http://tinyurl.com/3oopzfx They have 3 problem sets with solutions available. The 2003 quizzes/solutions are also up.
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Grade levels and pleasing evaluators.... long....
kiana replied to Stillwood's topic in General Education Discussion Board
I really don't often correct spelling here -- but your paper should probably say he's showing progress commensurate with his ability. -
How to prevent bedbugs on used bookshelves?
kiana replied to melmichigan's topic in General Education Discussion Board
Gosh, when I saw this title I was thinking BooKshelves, and the mental images were beyond belief. -
2E-ish/VSL-ish: hard-is-easy and easy-is-hard - scheduling
kiana replied to wapiti's topic in Accelerated Learner Board
I will say that it definitely worked for me. My mother withdrew me in the middle of second grade. We deschooled for the rest of the grade, did some living math the next year, and then moved directly to Pre-algebra. I had been able to quickly generalize many topics I had learned before (i.e. leap quickly from double-digit addition to arbitrary-digit addition), but I was still shaky on many arithmetic topics and had to add or use arithmetic tricks to find many single-digit multiplication products (for example, 7*9 = 7*3*3 = 21*3 = 20*3+1*3=60+3=63). Going through pre-algebra both challenged my problem-solving abilities while showing me that there were actual reasons to learn all this other math other than torture. YMMV. -
Emily Anne.
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Guess what I got at a garage sale today??
kiana replied to BatmansWife's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
Nice :D I just scored a completely free copy of Liping Ma's book off a 'free books, please take' table from a retiring professor :):) -
S/O Facebook - What annoys you?
kiana replied to BarbecueMom's topic in General Education Discussion Board
I don't post in response to atheist posts of my friends. I don't post in response to religious posts by my friends who are far more conservative than I am. If they aren't willing to give me the same respect, they aren't my friends. -
S/O Facebook - What annoys you?
kiana replied to BarbecueMom's topic in General Education Discussion Board
Okay, I have to respond with another quote/pic. I posted this on FB and ... got several 'likes' and a few 'I'm afraid to 'like' this. :D -
Want ... want ... must not buy :(
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S/O Facebook - What annoys you?
kiana replied to BarbecueMom's topic in General Education Discussion Board
Repost this if bandwagon crusades drive you nuts? :D