RootAnn Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 (edited) My completely-different-from-her-sister Dd#2 will hopefully be ready for Algebra next year. She is an artsy, writing-type who hates math. (She'll be in 9th next year.) She struggles with it and has to take more time to solidify both the math concept and process. I am looking at using Jacobs Algebra for her. I already own the text. I did a search, but can't find many reviews of the Ask Dr. Callahan materials. She will either need instruction from me (daily) or a video. I will have to help anyway, so would prefer to save my time for working through problems she is having issues with. Having a syllabus and tests is a plus. My question is, how US the DVD instruction and do I need the DVDs? Anyone use them and have a review- pro or con? Edited October 30, 2016 by RootAnn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 (edited) Bumping, as I have the same question. DD is switching to Jacobs this week, unless the Foerster's Algebra seems like a better fit (it arrives on Monday). Edited October 30, 2016 by lisabees 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel Mertz Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 We have been using them and they are helpful for explaining concepts. That said, DS will probably be taking a step back and will do Saxon Algebra 1/2 as he was a little shaky on some of the math and I want to make sure he has a solid foundation. He loves the Jacobs book - especially the cartoons, so I expect we might be dipping into it now and then and will definitely use the dvds. We will use either Saxon or return to the Jacobs for Algebra 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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