LauraBeth475 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 (edited) My ninth grader is just finishing up Saxon Algebra 1/2, but it's been a bit of a struggle and I think she might do better with more mastery based exercises and more explanation. Here's the problem. She wants all the instruction in the student textbook. No online classes, etc. She doesn't learn well from videos and doesn't like them, and wants to avoid anything where a lot of the material is in a teacher book that makes it hard for her to work independently. So what would be some good options? I've been looking at Lial's or Abeka or Foerster. Any opinions on these? Edited August 25, 2022 by LauraBeth475 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraBeth475 Posted August 25, 2022 Author Share Posted August 25, 2022 Would Dolciani be a good choice? I can't seem to find a way to look inside those books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 (edited) My 14yo is using Introductory Algebra by Auffman, which fits those requirements. We have the Mosely DVDs to go with it but they rarely to never use them. Other authors in my school closet that also do this are Lial, Jacobs, Foerster, and Larson. My Marine used and loved Foerster! It prepared her well. 👍 We're using Auffman because that's what they chose after flipping through some lessons in all of the above. It's been working well and I have no complaints. 🙂 Edited August 25, 2022 by SilverMoon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 10 hours ago, LauraBeth475 said: Would Dolciani be a good choice? I can't seem to find a way to look inside those books You can check it out here on archive.org. This is the 1988 edition. There is a thread here somewhere but you don't want a late edition of this text. It was apparently changed significantly in not good ways. Something up through early 90s is okay I think?? https://archive.org/details/algebra00brow I have zero experience with Lial's, but it is known for self-teaching. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraBeth475 Posted August 25, 2022 Author Share Posted August 25, 2022 3 hours ago, cintinative said: You can check it out here on archive.org. This is the 1988 edition. There is a thread here somewhere but you don't want a late edition of this text. It was apparently changed significantly in not good ways. Something up through early 90s is okay I think?? https://archive.org/details/algebra00brow I have zero experience with Lial's, but it is known for self-teaching. I love archive.org 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malam Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Lial's has a huge amount of practice, Jacobs and Foerster have a more coheseive narrative and lot more character due to being single-author books, which might be nice for someone experiencing mathematical whiplash from a spiral curriculum 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 For a student that struggled with Saxon 1/2 as an 8th/9th grader, I would probably go with Lial's vs. Foerster. I love Foerster, but I wouldn't have handed the textbook to even my strong math students to work through independently. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Keeper Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 23 minutes ago, LauraBeth475 said: I love archive.org I feel that archive.org love. 😉 You can also see samples of Lial's on archive... https://archive.org/details/introductoryalge0000lial_18ed/mode/2up and one that I've used with multiple kids.. Tobey and Slater Beginning Algebra (very similar to Lial's)... https://archive.org/details/beginningalgebra0000tobe_d0n6 Jacobs's Elementary Algebra is there as well ... https://archive.org/details/elementaryalgebr00jaco and Foerster's Algebra ... https://archive.org/details/algebraiexpressi00foer I would sit down and skim through each of these, and have your daughter do so as well. If she's going to be the one wrestling through the book, it has to be readable to her. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 We really liked Jacobs, but I did a bit of explanation as we went (which your dc might not need). We didn't use any kind of teacher guide or video. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmichigan Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 I have used Dolciani with the last three of mine. I have no regrets, from my DS who is dyslexic, to my DS who is going into accounting. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraBeth475 Posted August 25, 2022 Author Share Posted August 25, 2022 3 hours ago, 73349 said: We really liked Jacobs, but I did a bit of explanation as we went (which your dc might not need). We didn't use any kind of teacher guide or video. Does Jacob's have an Algebra II? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skctgbrlis Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 CLE Algebra (Christian Light Education). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Keeper Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 36 minutes ago, LauraBeth475 said: Does Jacob's have an Algebra II? No. Unfortunately not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy the Valiant Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Dolciani user here, too, because our older kids were also completely opposed to screens in math learning. I hesitated (because I doubted my ability to "teach" math), but have now been all the way through Alg 2 / Trig with several students. The explanations are GOLD, and the problem sets come in 3 difficulty levels, A-level, B-level, and C-level, for each lesson. We use Algebra: Structure & Method (which my IRL friends call Houghton, but posters here call Dolciani). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraBeth475 Posted August 26, 2022 Author Share Posted August 26, 2022 I think I have picked the book. We're going to try Basic Algebra by Brown and Dolciani. It looks like a good choice to solidify her skills and move step by step through early algebra. It doesn't cover as much as Dolciani's structure and method books and has more review. Then we'll see if she wants to continue with Dolciani or go back to Saxon's algebra sequence. Thanks all! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malam Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 On 8/25/2022 at 6:13 PM, LauraBeth475 said: I think I have picked the book. We're going to try Basic Algebra by Brown and Dolciani. It looks like a good choice to solidify her skills and move step by step through early algebra. It doesn't cover as much as Dolciani's structure and method books and has more review. Then we'll see if she wants to continue with Dolciani or go back to Saxon's algebra sequence. Thanks all! Will you be getting a physical textbook or use the archive.org versions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraBeth475 Posted August 28, 2022 Author Share Posted August 28, 2022 8 hours ago, Malam said: Will you be getting a physical textbook or use the archive.org versions? I ordered a used copy on Amazon for $15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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