Algebra: Structure and Method Book 1 Review
This book is a comprehensive algebra 1 course despite the implications of the words "Book 1" in its title. You can use it for self-instruction, because the answers to the odd-numbered problems are given at the back of the book -- and there are lots of problems. It is also a great source of supplementary material for students who are taking algebra 1 in school. Supplementary material is necessary because most algebra 1 courses these days are "dumbed down." The District of Columbia Public Schools, for example, uses a book (ISBN 0618250182) that has been stripped of traditional problems that show students the power of algebra -- "work problems," "mixture problems," "age problems" and so on. And it has been stripped of difficult problems in all of the topics that remain. The book under review here covers the traditional topics and has difficult problems in all topics. The book would be good for a differentiated course, because the problems in each section are grouped into three levels of difficulty, labeled A, B and C.
-- Jeff Schmidt, Washington, D.C. (e-mail: jeffschmidt at alumni.uci.edu)
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Customer Reviews
great textbook - Kimberly R.Swanson -
This is a classic and a great one. I used this textbook 15 years ago for an 8th grade Algebra 1 class and just starting using it again. I love it! It is Algebra I, no fancy stuff, no additional lessons thrown in for I'm not sure what reason. It is sequential, concise, challenging--but not too much, and well written. The only thing I can see being a negative now is the lack of graphing calculator exercises or projects. I'm just going to find some to add to the course.
I love this book and hope it is around for another 15 years!!
Brief on Explanations - Camera Enthusiast - Hartford, CT United States
I've been going through this book page by page for the last seven months with my child (who is a straight A student) and we both find this book to be very short on explanations. IF you're using this book just for practice problems in conjunction with classroom teaching, then the textbook would be fine. I find that there is very little in the way of explanations, and what explanations of concepts that is present, is very brief and less than clear. The book does have a lot of practice problems (1/2 of which have the answer in the back).
Algebra Book - sisko - San Diego,CA
At the time I was looking for an algebra book to go back and show me the fundamentals. This book so far is covering what I was looking for and much more. It has good examples so you can understand each of the problems that it shows. I didn't want to pay for a brand new book so that is why I bought a used book, this one was in good shape for used. So always read the description carefully to make sure you don't get a badly used book.
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