sixtimemomma Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I am trying to decide on a Geometry curriculum and I am strongly leaning toward TT. Would everyone agree that this is a good one to use for this subject? Are there any other Geometry suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiramisu Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Would everyone agree that this is a good one to use for this subject? :lol: I AM NOT LAUGHING AT YOU. I'm laughing at the rest of us, myself especially. If you do a search for Geometry, you will see what I mean. Teaching Textbooks Geometry was great for us. Because dd struggled with proofs to the very end, and TT has three of them in every lesson, she could have done MUS and may have saved a lot of time and wound up in the same place. Jacobs was not good for her as an "out of the box" thinker. She was going somewhere but not where Harold wanted her to go. I think that TT is a solid geometry program. I love its unique features (lectures & solutions on CD) and that there is a free tutor available for consulting with. I dislike that there is no print solutions manual. Now, we can wait for the fun to begin.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyThreeSons Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 :lol: I AM NOT LAUGHING AT YOU. I'm laughing at the rest of us, myself especially. If you do a search for Geometry, you will see what I mean. :iagree:I honestly don't think you will find a single curriculum choice on which "everyone" would agree. As a veteran homeschooler, I can say that there are programs that were great for one of two of my sons, but was a terrible choice for the others. If you give us more specifics about your student, we may be able to give you better advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjand6more Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I have the books to use next year. They look very good. I followed up TT Alg 2 with Lial's(recommended here) and I was VERY surprised at how little my ds actually knew about Algebra!! It was eye opening!! So, understandably, I was concerned about TT Geometry. It looks sufficient and I am comfortable with him using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raceNzanesmom Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 My ds did well with it. I felt like he learned what he needed without being overwhelmed with 75 problems. We switched to TT for high school and he was thankful for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ma23peas Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Using Chakerian geometry with Abeka just for extra prioblems..we never do all the problems unless I find they have not scored well on the odd numbered ones. I use two texts just to help them identify the type of problem regardless of the author. I have to teach a subject, I think those who want a program to teach their children with little or no input from them is what makes TT appealing. I have heard mixed reviews, some score very high on math sections of standardized testing and others score average...I just want tobe sure my child grasps it well..it would be too hard for me to teach using this program...too many gaps for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wildberrys Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I know 2 people IRL who used it and loved it. Their students also did well on the ACT and moved on to higher math with no problems. Just remember, there is no ONE perfect program for all students. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuvingLife Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I might use this curriculum for review, my geometry program wasn't the best and Jann in TX has said that this is a good math program for those that struggle or just aren't into math. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I dislike that there is no print solutions manual. I like TT Geometry, but :iagree: wholeheartedly about the solutions manual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lagirl Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 TT Geometry is what we are planning to use next year for dd; 11th gr. DD doesn't like math at all but she survived (and grasped) Alg 2 w/TT last yr. I am not a math person so dh tutors her in the evening as needed. He doesn't have a lot of time so this has worked fine for us so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris in Wis Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 All my kids did Saxon. But DD #1 struggled with Saxon Algebra so much that we dropped it. After searching high and low (and this was about 5 years ago) and trying several different curricula, we found TT. It worked! Well enough, that is. She seemed to enjoy the "teacher" and did very well on both Algebra and Geometry (but that's as far as she went). Her ACT math score was above average, but not great. She's just not a math whiz. Like the other posters have said, what curriculum you choose will be dependent on the child and his or her learning style and aptitude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 We used TT Geometry after failed attempts to use Jacobs 3rd and then 2nd editions. It worked well for us. It is a solid geometry text and covers everything that is in Jacobs. However, I would not consider it honors level and the algebra knowledge assumed was lower than in Jacobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in MN Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 We used TT Geometry after failed attempts to use Jacobs 3rd and then 2nd editions. It worked well for us. It is a solid geometry text and covers everything that is in Jacobs. However, I would not consider it honors level and the algebra knowledge assumed was lower than in Jacobs. We did this, too. Went to TT on chapter 10 and it was the same topic in Jacobs & TT. I felt they were very comparable. I don't know enough about geometry to know what would be considered honors, but ds felt TT used a few more of the terms he was used to & he considered "more advanced" or "more logical." Not sure if it's just him, though. He just doesn't think like Mr. Jacobs. I could follow Mr. Jacobs perfectly, but ds wasn't able to "get into his stream of thought" or something like that. Another thing my ds preferred in TT was the fact that every lesson didn't seem to include drawing figures. He felt like Jacobs had too much drawing, and he's a kid who prefers imagining the figures in his mind and getting to the computations more quickly. I'm sure drawing the figures is a good thing to learn, but the amount he did in the last third of TT seemed like enough to us and ds did them willingly. I did miss the algebra reviews after every chapter that were included in Jacobs. Those were excellent. TT claims it has SAT prep, but not sure what that means, as it didn't seem clearly delineated the way "algebra review" was. Probably means a few problems each lesson were worded in an SAT-way. Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orthodox6 Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 DH has taught both TT Geometry, and Jacobs Geometry (3rd ed.). The TT, we used with our "math competent, but not math adept" ds, the Jacobs we used with our "math talented" ds. DH thought well of each program. In general, I don't think TT other textbooks are very good; however, that son ended up in a "good" college, with no ill-effects! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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