Algebra

Mathematics Curriculum Review Series: Jacobs Algebra

  A first glimpse of Harold Jacobs’ time­less alge­bra book reveals what most of us think of as a text­book.  The lessons are grouped by top­ic and con­tain a short intro­duc­tion to the con­cept before launch­ing into a pletho­ra of prob­lems, includ­ing a few review and a lot of les­son spe­cif­ic prob­lems.  While each lesson […]

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High School Math Goals part 2

In part 1, we briefly touched upon how to deter­mine your child’s math jour­ney in high school by exam­in­ing your child’s goals. In part 2, I will share the goals of the teach­ers in teach­ing high­er lev­el math­e­mat­ics. Tru­ly, I use the term, “high­er lev­el” math­e­mat­ics very loose­ly as the high­er lev­el math­e­mat­ics are actually

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High School Math Goals part 1

What is sec­ondary math­e­mat­ics?  Sec­ondary math­e­mat­ics is com­mon­ly called high school math and is usu­al­ly taught in the fol­low­ing order:  Alge­bra 1 Geom­e­try Alge­bra 2 Pre­cal­cu­lus (or Trigonom­e­try).  Some stu­dents enter high school hav­ing com­plet­ed Alge­bra 1 in 8th grade and there­fore are able to com­plete cal­cu­lus as a high school senior.  Oth­er stu­dents struggle

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