swimmermom3 Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 If you have The Great Courses Joy of Mathematics lecture series, have you used it with your high school students or do you just use it for your own edification? If you used it with students, how did you do so? ETA: Let me add that someone has offered me the DVDs on the cheap. You all know I am a bit like Pavlov's dog when it comes to Great Courses, but I still try to acquire ones that we would actually use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmermom3 Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 I think the lack of responses answers my question. You all don't use it. :D This is kind of silly, but the topics looked like they might explain some of the math mysteries I always wondered about after reading Cheaper by the Dozen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoGal Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 :) We have watched a few so far. My kids are younger, so we just watch it (don't do anything else in connection to it). Ds really enjoys it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkyandtheBrains. Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 It's on my list to buy.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie of KY Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 We just watch The Joy of Mathematics. My son's favorite math course from Teaching Company is Discrete Mathematics. My math lover loves this set of videos and watches/studies the videos, internalizes them, works on learning more math, applies these new concepts and then goes back and rewatches the videos. Discrete math is not what I'd recommend to the typical student - it's pretty complicated. We own a number of Teaching Company math videos and someday I intend to sit down and write them up for your thread on all the courses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmermom3 Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 We just watch The Joy of Mathematics. My son's favorite math course from Teaching Company is Discrete Mathematics. My math lover loves this set of videos and watches/studies the videos, internalizes them, works on learning more math, applies these new concepts and then goes back and rewatches the videos. Discrete math is not what I'd recommend to the typical student - it's pretty complicated. We own a number of Teaching Company math videos and someday I intend to sit down and write them up for your thread on all the courses. Julie, that would be very helpful. I think the only way I am going to know if my ds would watch the Joy of Mathematics is probably to get it and watch it myself, but only because the price is dirt cheap. I had the chance to peruse the set a few years ago, but my math skills aren't so rusty now and my appreciation has grown, so I think I am more open to it. We'll see. A couple of years ago, I would never have thought that I would add History of Science lectures into our regular classes, but now I do and enjoy them immensely. Of course, the history of chemistry has some of the same over-the-top appeal as Spanish soap operas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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