coloradomomof5 Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Can someone spell out the difference between Saxon(we have used so far) and University of Chicago. The later was recommended over Saxon and I need clarity as to why... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSprout Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 (edited) I've never heard anything good about modern University of Chicago math materials. ETA- I assume this is Everyday Math. There's actually a Facebook group called "Parents Against Everyday Math". Edited January 11, 2017 by elladarcy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gstharr Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Part of the reason I took over my son's math education was that his old school uses EveryDay Math, University of Chicago. The kids using it understand math at the end, but lack proficiency because of the way it is taught (shows in the standardized test scores). For example, as late as 5th grade (at a new middle school now, so I don't know about 6th), it still teaches multiplication by clustering groups of seven. er, two groups equal 14. Also, the very few practice problems tend to be narrative (hard to explain, but no not a word problem) If geometry is anything like this, watch out. My solution was to by old school text books for the early years, and have him to his 30 standard type problems a day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coloradomomof5 Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 Part of the reason I took over my son's math education was that his old school uses EveryDay Math, University of Chicago. The kids using it understand math at the end, but lack proficiency because of the way it is taught (shows in the standardized test scores). For example, as late as 5th grade (at a new middle school now, so I don't know about 6th), it still teaches multiplication by clustering groups of seven. er, two groups equal 14. Also, the very few practice problems tend to be narrative (hard to explain, but no not a word problem) If geometry is anything like this, watch out. My solution was to by old school text books for the early years, and have him to his 30 standard type problems a day.can I ask what u used instead? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coloradomomof5 Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 I've never heard anything good about modern University of Chicago math materials. ETA- I assume this is Everyday Math. There's actually a Facebook group called "Parents Against Everyday Math". what did u use for geometry? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSprout Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) what did u use for geometry? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk My older kids did a combo of public school and extensive dual credits. This is my first time through high school math at home. :o) Since we're in the home stretch for algebra, though, I've spent a lot of time with geometry books lately. If you are using Saxon, depending on your edition, you might not need to do geometry, though. We will use a combo of Jacobs Geometry 2nd edition and ALEKs. The TE for the 2nd edition was tricky to track down, but I think it will be useful. It's a little quirky, but generally well liked. The TE does seem to have answers and explanations for all or almost all of the problems. ETA- It's actually a reasonable price right now: TE https://www.amazon.com/Teachers-Guide-Geometry-Harold-Jacobs/dp/B00BHLMZJA/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=M6CY1YR35CJN0Y3B8JD1 Text-https://www.amazon.com/Geometry-Harold-R-Jacobs/dp/071671745X/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1484254655&sr=1-2-fkmr1&keywords=jacobs+geometry+second+edition A lot of people like Teaching Textbooks Geometry. The rest of the series doesn't always review well, but the geometry course seems to work for lots of families. Hope this helps! Edited January 12, 2017 by elladarcy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gstharr Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 My son used Thinkwell for 6th, pre-alg, alg1, and geometry. For geometry, we used Schaum's outlines for extra problems. Son really enjoyed the TW series. Though we have switched to Derek Owens for alg 2 (I like the way DO hand grades hw and tests that forces him to show his work). TW must have prepared him well because he has consistently higher scores with DO than he did with TW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 My son used Thinkwell for 6th, pre-alg, alg1, and geometry. For geometry, we used Schaum's outlines for extra problems. Son really enjoyed the TW series. Though we have switched to Derek Owens for alg 2 (I like the way DO hand grades hw and tests that forces him to show his work). TW must have prepared him well because he has consistently higher scores with DO than he did with TW.Curious how proofs get graded in thinkwell geometry?We will be travelling, and so I'm looking for a text-book independent math. In our case, it doesn't have to be the most rigorous as he will likely repeat some math in brick and mortar high school... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coloradomomof5 Posted January 13, 2017 Author Share Posted January 13, 2017 Part of the reason I took over my son's math education was that his old school uses EveryDay Math, University of Chicago. The kids using it understand math at the end, but lack proficiency because of the way it is taught (shows in the standardized test scores). For example, as late as 5th grade (at a new middle school now, so I don't know about 6th), it still teaches multiplication by clustering groups of seven. er, two groups equal 14. Also, the very few practice problems tend to be narrative (hard to explain, but no not a word problem) If geometry is anything like this, watch out. My solution was to by old school text books for the early years, and have him to his 30 standard type problems a day.what old school book did u use? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSprout Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Curious how proofs get graded in thinkwell geometry? We will be travelling, and so I'm looking for a text-book independent math. In our case, it doesn't have to be the most rigorous as he will likely repeat some math in brick and mortar high school... Maybe look at Silicon Valley Online High School? We've got some friends who are using this as a spine for several subjects and then supplementing. I think they are using health, English and Spanish. They're still in Algebra and using Derek Owens, so I can't comment specifically on the Geometry, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gstharr Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 what old school book did u use? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I don't recall exactly. Just used old standard school textbooks from thrifts and Amazon to supplement Thinkwell. Anything but EveryDay Math. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gstharr Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Curious how proofs get graded in thinkwell geometry? We will be travelling, and so I'm looking for a text-book independent math. In our case, it doesn't have to be the most rigorous as he will likely repeat some math in brick and mortar high school... Thinkwell is auto graded. Immediate scoring is great. But, occasionally answers are marked wrong that are technically correct because they do not match the programmed format: example: .75 vs 3/4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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