Guest thetford Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 My daughter is finishing SM 5a and I am looking at our options for what to use after 6 a&b. I was thinking about Math U See pre algebra since she loves understanding the whys behind the math instead of just memorizing the hows. What are our other options? Has anyone else started Math U See this late in the game? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 You might look at the placement test for MUS's prealg to make sure she's not beyond it. It's an unusual prealg course that does a lot of hole patching after their extreme mastery elementary set. It would be a step backward after Singapore 6. Another poster here uses MUS alg/geo for prealg after Horizons 1-6, which has a similar scope to Singapore. Some other options could be Horizons prealg, Lial's prealg (old editions are dirt cheap on Amazon), or perhaps even Art of Problem Solving's prealg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I don't really see Math U See as being a good fit after Singapore. Why not just continue with DM 7 + 8 -- that would get you through pre-algebra and algebra, and then you wouldn't have to think about math for a few years. Here's a long thread about pre-algebra that might be good reading. http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/342798-pre-algebra-fence-straddlers-master-thread/?hl=%20pre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 We did--we went from Horizons 6 to MUS Pre-algebra, and it was a great fit here. Definitely do the placement tests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittleBears Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Videotext algebra might be a good fit. It teaches the why of math quite well. Module A is pre algebra. We loved it here but only did Mod A because ds has very low processing speed and working memory, otherwise we would have kept on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thetford Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Thanks! I will check out these new options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 MUS Pre-Algebra is a strange level. It is really not at all standard pre-algebra. MUS integrates a lot of pre-algebra into Epsilon and Zeta. It is really more of a catch all. It covers everything they haven't covered in elementary that normally is covered. There is some Pre-Algebra there too. We used MUS for elementary math and I recommend their elementary curriculum, but while we tried their high school maths, we ended up switching for multiple reasons. I would not switch from Singapore to MUS at Pre-Algebra. I'm not sure what other program is good at teaching the whys of math at that level though to give you a different recommendation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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