Matryoshka Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 I'm looking for some good recommendations to help my nephew - he's been putting himself through community college for years, and is trying to transfer to a University. He's more of a lanugage guy (in fact, he wants to major in linguistics) than a math guy, but he needs College Algebra to transfer. He passed the placement test, and is enrolled in the class now, but he told me he's feeling a bit over his head -the highest math he had in high school was Alg II, and that was 10 years ago. He may have had some introduction to trig, but I don't think he remembers much. I'm pretty sure there's some online program that I've seen mentioned with sounded like it could be helpful... was that ALEKS? How does that work and what does it cost? I also suggested his picking up a used Lial's of some kind - anyone know which one might be good? Any other suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan C. Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 You could get the Chalkdust dvds for college algebra. They will let you purchase them separately from the text, just call. Then you get help from Dana Mosely as well. If he's really lost, Chalkdust's Algebra 2 text is an intermediate algebra text (just below college algebra) and those dvds might be good review as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Hotmath.com has the same video lectures as the Thinkwell courses (including College Algebra) taught by Edward Burger, and it's only $29 for a 1-yr subscription. Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted September 15, 2010 Author Share Posted September 15, 2010 You could get the Chalkdust dvds for college algebra. They will let you purchase them separately from the text, just call. Then you get help from Dana Mosely as well. If he's really lost, Chalkdust's Algebra 2 text is an intermediate algebra text (just below college algebra) and those dvds might be good review as well. I think Chalkdust would be too expensive - I think he's barely making payment on the cc classes - that's why he's 10 years out of high school and only where he is now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 I'm pretty sure there's some online program that I've seen mentioned with sounded like it could be helpful... was that ALEKS? How does that work and what does it cost? I also suggested his picking up a used Lial's of some kind - anyone know which one might be good? ALEKS is made for this situation. It is for adults who need to review math quickly and who may remember some things well but not others. I did their Algebra I and Geometry courses a few years ago to get ready to teach my son those subjects and ALEKS was perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brindee Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Khan Academy is FREE, and has tutorials for maths and sciences....check it out and see if it may be something he could use! http://www.khanacademy.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Life of Fred Alg I and II with the home companions. My ds used those over the summer before he went away for school and had to take a placement test. It had been over a year since he had had a math class and he wanted to test out of college Alg - he's a lingusitics guy too. He said they were terrific for working throuh on your on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 Thanks, guys. I think we'll have him over for dinner soon, and I'll show him the ALEKS and see if it's something he can afford, and the Khan Academy, and I'd somehow forgotten LOF - I even have a copy of the AlgI I could lend him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachin'Mine Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 I'd also suggest he talk with his professor and ask for help. He may have some books he can borrow, or be able to set him up with another student for some help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
distancia Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Just my 2 cents and coming from a mom with a D in a similiar situation... We are using MUS which would be too long and too expensive for your nephew, but if we were not using MUS my second choice would be Khan Academy videos (free) combined with Lial's text (dirt cheap, like, $5) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Here's a link to a one month free trial of Aleks. (If you give the contact information of two other families, you can extend the one month free trial to two months.) Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBS Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 third or fourth the vote for Khan Academy. LBS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-FL Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Have him check at the cc also. Ours has a Learning Lab for just this type of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moni Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Aleks - free month ww.KhanAcademy.com always free, and now has a student-paced option. Nifty. :seeya: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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