................... Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Such as Art Reed recommends? I've heard even the publisher recommends 3 semesters. TIA ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Art Reed suggests two day per lesson, with odds day and evens the next. My daughter chose to do a full lesson at a time, but only 2-3 days a week because of the rest of her schedule. As to length, for his two-year plan, it was 1-90 fhe first year, then back to 60-end plus the first 20 or 25 (can't remember) of Saxon calculus. For our purposes, we chose to do 1-60 (the point at which he says geometry is complete), and she will do statistics in dual enrollment next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofjep Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 My oldest completes problems 1-16 one day and then 17-30 the next day. He will finish the first 60 lessons and then move on to DE PreCalculus Algebra at the community college. My middle will finish the entire book. The goal is for him to finish it in 3 semesters so that may require doing entire lessons on some days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 We did the evens and odds approach four days a week, so it took my oldest about two years. He had a lot going on academically in 11th and 12th grade with dual enrollment and AP's. He tested into calculus in college, but we decided to back him out into pre-calculus. That was the right decision. He was very uneasy about starting college as it was, and there were enough gaps that it was good that he started there. He's an accounting/business analytics major, so there was no disadvantage to doing that other than the cost of the class. With advanced standing, he has had plenty of room in his schedule and only needed business calculus and statistics in the first two years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8Arrows4theLord Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 My oldest is using Adv. math with the Art Reed DVD's. She was able to do a whole lesson for the first little bit, but it quickly got to be overwhelming, taking 2+ hrs. to complete a whole lesson. She is now doing as Art Reed suggests, doing odds one day and evens the next. You could slow it down even more if you really needed to, but the 1/2 lesson per day is a good speed. She will be working through the summer in order to avoid the loss of skills that often occurs over a long summer break. She really likes the Art Reed DVDs, and we highly recommend buying them. Even if your child is very math oriented or has had very few problems in Saxon Alg. 1 & 2, they may still have some problems with this book. It is a difficult math text, but well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted April 5, 2017 Author Share Posted April 5, 2017 Thank you! These all look like good ideas. I will probably have him start full pace and then when it gets harder scale back to odds and evens. That seems like a nice way to slow it down without being confusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanna1949 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 (edited) So how do you handle credit hours for this method of slowing down? It isn't just 1 credit for Adv Math, is it? (Looking ahead to next year!) Edited April 5, 2017 by deanna1949 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 If you look up Art Reed he recommends how to list it as two credits and what to call each credit. Maybe someone here has that link? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trudence1 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 If you end up finishing the first 90 lessons of Saxon's Advanced Algebra you would have a full credit course called "Geometry with Advanced Algebra" Upon finishing the rest of the book and the first 25 lessons of Saxon's Calculus Course, you would have a full credit called "Trigonometry and Pre-Calculus." At least that is how I understand it. There is a link here: http://www.homeschoolwithsaxon.com/onlinevideo.php 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted April 5, 2017 Author Share Posted April 5, 2017 idk...this is a good question My PSP director who is sort of my helper in getting into college in this state seemed nervous about showing Geometry separately. She was planning on just writing Alg 2 Geometry Pre Calculus with Trigonometry But that was back when we planned to do ADV math in one year. I'll have to ask her what she thinks now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann.without.an.e Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 I know several people to use the two year method for Advanced mathematics. DD did it in one year because she is a driven student who was determined to get through AP Calc BC before graduation and I didn't account for that when I began Algebra 1 in 8th grade. Many, many people do it in two years and I think it is more sane that way :001_cool: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted April 5, 2017 Author Share Posted April 5, 2017 My original plan was to that in 10th followed by Calc in 11th and AP Calc in 12tg. But my son is attending a math tutoring center 4x per week working on their program as well as tutoring so I don't think 3 hours of math will be good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann.without.an.e Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 My original plan was to that in 10th followed by Calc in 11th and AP Calc in 12tg. But my son is attending a math tutoring center 4x per week working on their program as well as tutoring so I don't think 3 hours of math will be good. He can still take AP calc in 12th. You don't need calculus first if you follow the Saxon Advanced mathematics. DD has done great with going straight into AP. He can do AP Calc AB for a slower pace or he can also do BC instead for a faster pace. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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