Kim in SouthGa Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 or can you get by with the cds alone? What are the advantages of the workbook? Thanks BTW, my younger son uses TT 5 and we have never opened the workbook. He just works problems out on scratch paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancy in nj Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Unless they have changed the format since 2009: Other than a couple of practice problems (maybe 4 per lecture),the problem sets are in the textbook and our meant to be worked on paper. The solutions cd's obviously have these problems along with the answers, but there is no way to just access the problems without the answers without the textbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datgh Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 With Geometry I believe you still need the textbook. TT recently redid their pre algebra and algebra on editions so you can get by just with the discs. We are currently using the new edition for Algebra and I love the way it has been redone. The disc shows the problem and the kids have two chances to enter the right answer. After two tries they are prompted to see how the problem is answered. I believe in Geometry you only use the discs when you want to see how to solve the problem. I hope they redo Geometry before we get to it next year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 (edited) or can you get by with the cds alone? What are the advantages of the workbook?Thanks BTW, my younger son uses TT 5 and we have never opened the workbook. He just works problems out on scratch paper. EK did TT Geometry last year, and we used the solutions CD's almost every day. We got by almost entirely without them for Algebra 1--I think we used a CD to see the solution to a couple of the word problems, and that was it. But for Geometry, we frequently needed to see the solution to the proofs. The proofs are in the Answer Key book, but it REALLY helped to be able to see the diagrams, which are on the CD's but not in the Answer Key book. ETA: I think I originally misunderstood the question, so in answer to whether you need the "workbook"--the textbook isn't a workbook (there's not nearly enough room in the book to work the problems right on the page--it's essential to the program. Your student would need the book and probably the CD's as well. Edited November 13, 2011 by ereks mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 You have to have the book. That is where the problems are. The lesson discs only have the practice problems on them. The solution discs, well, they have the solutions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 I think TT Geometry has a different format than some of the others (unless they've changed it). We used TT Geometry a few years ago, and the book was absolutely necessary because the problems were it it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in SouthGa Posted November 13, 2011 Author Share Posted November 13, 2011 thank you all, now off to rethink things!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandra in va Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Different perspective - we are using it now and we only use the textbook and answer key. DS watched only a few of the lessons on the computer and we don't really use the answer discs either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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