Chalkdust on the Cheap

[LisaKinVA]

For the life of me, I cannot find current editions of the DVDs anywhere for Algebra 1...can anyone point me in the right direction?  

[Brad S]

I'm not sure if this is what you want, but the price list and ordering page on the Chalkdust site is here.

 

 

 

[chiguirre]

They're free online at the Larson Algebra Within Reach Website:

 

http://www.algebrawithinreach.com/ea6e/content/instructional-videos/

[plansrme]

If you can wait until August, I have a set you can have for shipping.  CD originals.  I even have the answer book with answers to both evens and odds.  PM me if you want them.

[Corraleno]

If you are looking for the Houghton-Mifflin DVDs by Dana Moseley for the Larson/Hostetler texts that were linked here in the "cheap Chalkdust" threads, HM discontinued the stand-alone Elementary Algebra DVDs a long time ago (even before that thread, which was several years ago), which is why you can't find them. Instead they produced a single set that covered the Elementary, Intermediate, and Combined texts. I have that set, and when I type the ISBN (9780618753963) into Amazon, this is what comes up.

The description lists DVDs, text, and a workbook for the same price, whereas I only got the DVDs when I bought mine (in June 2009, according to Amazon). Also the photo is different from when I bought the disks (mine has a dark blue cover; the currently listed set has a cover that matches the text), and it's not clear if the currently listed DVDs still work for all the texts or just the combined text. With the DVD set that I have, there are lectures keyed to the chapters in each of the three texts, and you choose the ones that go with your text. FWIW, there is a HUGE overlap between the Elementary & Intermediate texts, which was obvious when comparing them to each other and to the Combined volume.  

 

ETA: The 2nd listing in the "new" category on Amazon includes this description: "This listing is for a new, shrinkwrapped set of instructional DVDs. There are two cardboard folders of DVDs in the set." This matches what I have. Some of the used descriptions seem to refer to books. 

Edited April 10, 2016 by Corraleno

[Granny_Weatherwax]

I think I have a set of the combined DVDs as well as some textbooks, I would be wiling to send for the cost of shipping.  I'll have to look.

[LisaKinVA]

If you are looking for the Houghton-Mifflin DVDs by Dana Moseley for the Larson/Hostetler texts that were linked here in the "cheap Chalkdust" threads, HM discontinued the stand-alone Elementary Algebra DVDs a long time ago (even before that thread, which was several years ago), which is why you can't find them. Instead they produced a single set that covered the Elementary, Intermediate, and Combined texts. I have that set, and when I type the ISBN (9780618753963) into Amazon, this is what comes up.

 

The description lists DVDs, text, and a workbook for the same price, whereas I only got the DVDs when I bought mine (in June 2009, according to Amazon). Also the photo is different from when I bought the disks (mine has a dark blue cover; the currently listed set has a cover that matches the text), and it's not clear if the currently listed DVDs still work for all the texts or just the combined text. With the DVD set that I have, there are lectures keyed to the chapters in each of the three texts, and you choose the ones that go with your text. FWIW, there is a HUGE overlap between the Elementary & Intermediate texts, which was obvious when comparing them to each other and to the Combined volume.  

 

ETA: The 2nd listing in the "new" category on Amazon includes this description: "This listing is for a new, shrinkwrapped set of instructional DVDs. There are two cardboard folders of DVDs in the set." This matches what I have. Some of the used descriptions seem to refer to books. 

 

Well, that certainly explains a LOT!  Thank you!  

 

So, if one was using this combined set, it covers Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 -- do people simply do Geometry later?  Or do they stop somewhere in the middle, do Geometry and come back?  Or (guessing what I would do in this situation) get through half the book, do Geometry 3-4 days a week and Algebra 1-2 days a week for a year and then finish up Algebra 2?  I have friends using Chalkdust, and we are both trying to get copies of Algebra 1 for next year.

[Corraleno]

Well, that certainly explains a LOT!  Thank you!  

 

So, if one was using this combined set, it covers Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 -- do people simply do Geometry later?  Or do they stop somewhere in the middle, do Geometry and come back?  Or (guessing what I would do in this situation) get through half the book, do Geometry 3-4 days a week and Algebra 1-2 days a week for a year and then finish up Algebra 2?  I have friends using Chalkdust, and we are both trying to get copies of Algebra 1 for next year.

 

I had copies of all three of the Larson texts, and there was a huge overlap between the Elementary & Intermediate texts. The Combined text generally matches the Intermediate text in that it goes a little bit further with the topics in some of the middle chapters compared to the Elementary text, but it really shows how much of Algebra 2, as taught in the US, is a repeat of Algebra 1, since it's presumed that students will have forgotten most of their algebra while spending a year on geometry. 

 

Here's a TOC of the Combined text:

 

1 Real Number System

                          (Intermediate Algebra text starts here)                       

2 Fundamentals of Algebra

3 Equations, Inequalities, and Problem Solving

4 Graphs and Functions 

5 Exponents and Polynomials 

6 Factoring and Solving Equations

7 Rational Expressions, Equations, and Functions

8 Systems of Equations and Inequalities

9 Radicals and Complex Numbers

10 Quadratic Equations, Functions, and Inequalities

                           (Elementary Algebra ends here)                              

11 Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

12 Conics

13 Sequences, Series, and the Binomial Theorem

 

The TOC for the Elementary text is virtually identical to the Combined text, except that chapters 3 & 4 are titled slightly differently.

 

The Intermediate text drops the Real Number System chapter, and organizes the material in chapters 2, 4, 5 & 6 in a slightly different way (the Combined text matches the Elementary organization). TOC for the Intermediate text:

1 Fundamentals of Algebra

2 Linear Equations and Inequalities

3 Graphs & Functions

4 Systems of Equations and Inequalities

5 Polynomials and Factoring

6 Rational Expressions, Equations, and Functions

7-11 = Combined text chapters 9-13

 

Because there's so much overlap between Alg 1 & 2, you can't really just stop halfway through the Combined text and call it algebra 1. But either of your other suggestions (do the combined text and then geometry or do the Combined text and geometry together) would work.