SS in MD Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 My 7th grader (13 yo) has done Mind Benders, Grid perplexors, Logic Spiders and Fallacy Detective. I'm planning to have her do Traditional Logic I in the fall (8th grade). I'm wondering if the DVDs were worth purchasing? Dd will do TL independently, so will the DVD help in understanding concepts? Does the DVD give additional info? Even though she's done critical thinking it's her first year doing formal logic. Thanks so much for the advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alegnab Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 We did the first five lessons or so of Traditional Logic with the DVD. Martin Cothran's teaching is a great cure for insomnia. He was so boring that ds and I hated TL and only used about five lessons. And I didn't notice anything in the DVD lessons that wasn't in the text. Perhaps later lessons had extra material in the DVD, but I wouldn't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Wisc Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 You don't need them for book I. We did it without them the first year. The material is all in the book. I did buy it for my 2nd child...but more for me than for him. It allowed me to sit down and watch the DVD without having to reread the book. It was my review, and my son got the benefit of seeing it and reading it. I'll use it this way with #3 next year. So...buy it if you want it or save the money. Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS in MD Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 Thanks for the info - Jean had a question, is Traditional Logic I an curriculum dd can do independently, or should I read along also?? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Wisc Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Thanks for the info - Jean had a question, is Traditional Logic I an curriculum dd can do independently, or should I read along also?? Thanks! A child probably could go through it on his own, but I, myself, would not hand it to my child without my being able to explain it if needed. When I correct the assignments, it helps that I understand it and can point out why the answer is wrong. Also, I don't think it would be very easy for a child to do book 2 on his own, and there is no way you could help with book 2 if you had not made your way through book 1 first. So, yes, you probably could, but, no, I probably would not.;) Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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