Saxon Math Algebra 1/2 3rd edition offers proven results in these 8th grade homeschool lessons and teacher books.
The Saxon Algebra 1/2 homeschool curriculum books 3rd edition Home Study Kit with the Solutions Manual and DIVE CD ROM allows students to work more independently than ever before due to the new audio video presentation on the DIVE CD ROM. This kit has been carefully planned and packaged to include all the materials required including the student's text book, the Answer Key & Tests, Solutions Manual, and the DIVE CD-ROM for Algebra 1/2 3rd edition.
The Answer Key contains the final answer to every problem in the student text book plus answers to the test questions. The Test Forms book comes inserted inside the Answer Key book and contains test questions for review at the end of every ten lessons.
The DIVE CD ROM allows you double click on any lesson to begin hearing the teacher as he explains the concepts presented in that lesson. As you listen, you will also see a blackboard where the teacher is writing at the board as he talks. The DIVE CD ROM is not a substitute for the textbook but it provides an excellent supplement, especially helpful for students that need to see and hear concepts fully explained. Students follow along in their textbook as the teacher teaches. Afterwards, students complete the problem sets from the textbook and use the Answer Key to check their work.
Saxon Algebra 1/2 homeschool curriculum books are recommended for use by seventh graders who plan to take algebra in the eighth grade or by eighth graders who plan to take algebra in the ninth grade.
Algebra 1/2 covers all the topics normally covered in a pre-algebra course as well as additional topics from geometry and discrete mathematics. Algebra 1/2 represents the culmination of the study of pre-algebra mathematics.
Students completing the program are expected to be well-versed in the following areas: fractions, decimals, mixed numbers, signed numbers, numbers in base 2, arithmetic operations involving all these forms of numbers, order of operations, percents, proportions, ratios, divisibility, rounding, place value, unit conversions, scientific notation, and word problems involving these pre-algebra concepts.
Students are also introduced to rudimentary algebra topics such as the evaluation of algebraic expressions, the simplification of algebraic expressions, and the solution of linear equations in one unknown.
Also included are geometric concepts and topics such as perimeter, area, surface area, volume, classification of geometric figures and solids, geometric constructions, and symmetry.
DIVE CD ROMs are not afiliated with with SAXON Publishing and are taught from a Christian world view.
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Saxon Math Teaching Philosophy:
Learning need not be difficult, but neither does it happen quickly. Time is the elixir that turns things new into things familiar. Therefore, the most effective way for students to learn is through gentle development of concepts and the practice of those concepts extended over a considerable period of time. John Saxon called these methods incremental development and continual review and he applied them to mathematics and the fundamental skills of reading.
At its simplest, incremental development is the introduction of topics in easily understandable pieces (increments), permitting the assimilation of one facet of a concept before the next facet is introduced. Both facets are then practiced together until another is introduced.
The incrementalization of topics is combined with continual review, wherein all previously learned material is reviewed in every lesson for the entire year. Topics are never dropped but are instead increased in complexity and practiced every day, providing the time required for concepts to become totally familiar.
As Saxon math concepts become familiar and the requisite skills become automated, learning becomes a game at which students can succeed and through which they find satisfaction and self-worth. More importantly, the automation of fundamental skills frees students' minds to consider the Saxon math concepts on a more abstract level.
Genuine learning is demonstrated not only through the understanding of a concept, but also through the ability to apply that concept to new situations. Saxon math students do both with ease and confidence.
John Saxon - Founder of Saxon Publishers |
