The unique approach of these high school homeschool lessons and teacher books has helped make Saxon Physics a best seller.
Click here to see sample pages from this book. The solutions to Saxon Physics problems usually involve many distinct and important steps. The Solutions Manual is the only place that provides the step by step solutions to every problem in the student textbook.
Saxon Physics books were written with both average and gifted students in mind. The subject is taught at an introductory level, which will allow the average high school student to grasp the concepts of Newton's laws, statics, dynamics, thermodynamics, optics, dc circuits, waves, electromagnetics, and special relativity. Yet the topics are covered to a depth appropriate for college students majoring in non-engineering disciplines. Consequently, gifted students who use this book will have great success with the Advanced Placement physics examination and average students who are willing to do the homework will also be able to pass the examination. This book does not require that the teacher have a background in physics. Any teacher who has taught algebra II, especially Saxon's Algebra 2,can teach this book successfully. Physics can be completed before the Advanced Placement examination is given in early May. © 1993 (100 lessons).
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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 |
