daijobu Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Next year I may be teaching a small group of students precalculus with the AoPS textbook. One student has some experience using AoPS, but took Algebra 2 at the CC. I'm wondering what should students be sure to know before they study AoPS Precalculus, topics that could be potentially missed in a regular curriculum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momto6inIN Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 I don't know the answer to your question, but my DS used Video Text for Algebra and Geometry, did AoPS Intro to C&P and NT, and then did the AoPS pre calc and calc books on his own with no problems. He could fill in any gaps just fine simply because he's a strong math student. He did struggle a bit with figuring out the discovery method of AoPS when he first began the C&P and NT books, so maybe that might be the biggest hurdle with a student who is unfamiliar with the method? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Algebra portion of precalculus that is included in standard precalc textbooks needs to be covered since aops precalc is mostly just trig. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AEC Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 it is a surprising amount of trig, plus 2 and 3-d matrices and basically nothing else. The subject list surprised me. I do not recall having had matrices in pre-calc (though, being honest, I was not super interested in anything going on in math class my jr year in HS, so really who knows...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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