bethben Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 I am finding in the solutions manual that along with an answer, it will have something along the lines of , "because triangle abc is an equilateral triangle, all angles are the same size". Should I have my ds also explain why he gets the answer he does in the geometry problems? I can only see it helping his geometry proofs, but if that is going to be explained in depth later, I'm sure he would rather skip the extra work. Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 We are not using Saxon, but yes, with any math program, I would most definitely have a student explain why he gets his answer, in a geometry or any other problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durriyyah Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 I would gauge it on your child. We do a lot of the "why" explanation verbally. The solutions manual is supposed to give some step by step instructions on how to solve the problem, so I don't think the explanation it gave is necessarily supposed to be part of the answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachin'Mine Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 I would go look at the question in the text and see if they ask for an explanation. Another way to tell is if it's printed in bold. In general, anything bolded in the solutions manual is expected to be included in the student's answer. Geometry is all about "why". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethben Posted September 5, 2013 Author Share Posted September 5, 2013 It's not printed in bold so I guess I'll skip it. He obviously knows how to find the answer so he does know the "why", but just doesn't write it down. Maybe I'll preview geometry proofs and see how they teach that. Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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