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    Question on Continuing Studies credit as high school credit?

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    Arcadia, thank you for bringing up this discussion. 

    Kathy, cbollin and others,

    I am also interested in the courses offered by Standford Pre-Collegiate Studies (SPCS). We don't live in CA and I understand that the credits granted by SPCS may or may not be honored by other colleges. How do you compare these math & physics courses with auditing university courses locally? What are the pros and cons? 

    Thank you,

    Sri

    Halliday/Resnick/Krane Electricity & Magnestim

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    Hello,

    Did anyone adopt the Halliday/Resnick/Krane book for Physics C : Electricity & Magnetism? Can you please the Homework assignments, syllabus and mid-term/final Tests/exams for this course?

    My high school would like to self-study Physics C part II - Electricity & Magnetism (E&M). He has completed Engineering Physics I (Physics C - Mechanics) at the local community college last year and  felt the professor was really boring. So, he has decided to study E&M for himself.  I am in search of Homework assignments, syllabus and Tests using this text. I will appreciate any help in this regard.

    Thank you,

    Sri

     

    US History text for Clep

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    My student is planning to take Clep exam after the completion of the US history course. After thoroughly searching this board, I found that REA and instancert.com are good prep resources, but I did not find enough discussion on the text books used.  On the Clep college board website, the following books are recommended. Please share your experiences on the text books. Some of these books are very expensive even to try them out. So, before I take the next step I need your suggestions.

     

    Thank you,

    Sri

     

    Textbooks
    • Berkin et al., Making America (Wadsworth)
    • Boydston et al., Making a Nation (Prentice Hall)
    • Boyer et al., The Enduring Vision (Wadsworth)
    • Brinkley, American History: A Survey (McGraw-Hill)
    • Davidson et al., Nation of Nations: A Concise Narrative of the American Republic (McGraw-Hill)
    • Divine, et al., The American Story (Penguin/Prentice Hall)
    • Faragher et al., Out of Many: A History of the American People (Prentice Hall)
    • Foner, Give Me Liberty! (W. W. Norton)
    • Goldfield et al., American Journey (Prentice Hall)
    • Henretta et al., America's History (Bedford/St. Martin's)
    • Jones, et. al., Created Equal: A History of the United States (Prentice Hall)
    • Kennedy et al., Brief American Pageant: The History of the Republic (Wadsworth)
    • Murrin et al., Liberty, Equality and Power (Wadsworth)
    • Nash et al., The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Concise Edition (Prentice Hall)
    • Tindall and Shi, Essential America (W. W. Norton)

    Calculus

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    MarkT,

     Thanks a lot. Those are plenty. I'll check them.

     

    Kendall,

     The title of my book is "Calculus of a single variable, Early Transcendental Functions", 5th edition ISBN-13: 9780538735520. Please send me a copy of the assignments you are using. 

     

    As always this forum is so helpful. I appreciate your time in sharing these resources and advice. Thank you.

    Sri

    Calculus

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    Thank you Regentrude.

     
    Yes, I tried on google. Some websites have only few chapters, others have some assignments for different text (not Larson), some others have assignments but the edition of the Larson text is not mentioned and the problems doesn't match with 5th edition I got. I couldn't locate a website that I can use it. 
     
    Sri

    Calculus

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    We like to learn Calculus at home using Larson 5th edition. 

     

    Each section in this book contains hundreds of problems and it is too difficult for a student to go through each and every problem. I'm looking for lessons plans, homework assignments and tests that go with this book. Is there any one who did calculus at home and willing to share their lesson plans and assignments/tests? Or does any online provider sell course plans/tests (like Kolbe academy etc..)? I'm ready to go with newer edition of this book if I can get the course plans/assignments,tests,etc that go with this book. Please guide me.

     

    I appreciate all your suggestions.

     

    Thank you,

    Sri

    Raymond Chang Chemistry

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    Does any one have the syllabus/assignments that go with Raymond Chang Chemistry 10th edition book? (ISBN: 9780073511092)

     

    I checked doctortang website (http://www.doctortang.com/AP%20Chemistry/units.htm), but it doesn't have answers for the assignments for the 10th edition book. Also, the assignments include both even and odd numbered questions. I have limited chemistry knowledge and would like to go with solutions manual for this text. What solutions book (ISBN?) are you using for the above student text?  Is the above text an AP edition or honors book? 

     

    What is your approach? If you can share the syllabus/worksheets/tests or assignments, that would be a great help. Please guide me.

     

    Thank you,

    Sri

    Dr. Tang's Honors Chemistry Course

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    Dr.Tang honors chemistry looks very organized and we may end up using that this year. Not sure yet. I have a few questions to those who did/ or doing Chang's chemistry following Dr.Tang's schedule. I'm not a Chemistry student and have very limited knowledge in that subject. My son is a 8th grader and completed one chemistry course from Coursera. He seems pretty comfortable with this subject.

     

    1. To guide our students, do we need instructors solutions manual ?( or the solutions on the Dr.Tang's website are enough to go with? ) If yes, what is the ISBN? and how can we get one? I searched for 10th edition Teachers book but found no results.

     

    2. Did any one use Student workbooks? or Students solution manual to accompany the text?

     

    3. I noticed that the course outline starting from Unit 3 is missing, but we can make the assignments list using the assignment answers. 

     

    4. Anything that is missing on Dr.Tang's website, which I should take care of before hand?

     

    5. Are labs feasible with me acting as a helper with out really knowing the subject?

     

    Thank you for the advice and the suggestions.

    Sri

    Graphing calculator for AP exams

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    My son is planning to take AP Calculus AB and BC exams. What graphing calculators are you using/used for these exams? 

    I checked AP College board and found a list of calculators that are allowed for the exam. Which ones worked best for a reasonable price?

     

    I'm aware that different exams (SAT/ACT/PSAT/SAT SUBJECT TESTS) allow different calculators. I prefer my son get accustomed to one and use it for various tests. Please share your experiences and suggestions.

     

    Thank you,

    Sri

     

    AP Calculus assignments for Larson? I'm not sure I can do this without assignments...

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    I'm thinking of using the same text for my son. As my calculus knowledge is pretty rusted, I would like to have a solutions manual. I'm having hard time finding the (matching) solutions manual for this book. Some of them are real expensive. If you are using one, could you please share the information of ISBN # and also from where you purchased? Thank you.

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