Comments on: Is Saxon Math Best For Homeschool Math?

By: Ian Bult

Ian Bult — Thu, 27 May 2010 09:41:45 +0000

I couldn’t agree more with the above poster. I’ve used Saxon math with my students and it gives really goods results IMHO

By: NC private school teacher

NC private school teacher — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:31:37 +0000

I have been teaching Saxon math in the higher grades for 4 years. Before this, I was in the public school teaching Prentice Hall. I’ve seen both sides and I must say I don’t really agree with these statements. Here’s what I see from a teacher point of view.

Where you say Saxon jumps around - I see this as Saxon introducing a small piece of a big concept and then giving the student time to master this concept. Then they start to build on this concept several lessons later (usually 5 or more). While they are mastering this skill (through practice), Saxon introduces another small part of a different concept. This keeps the student sucessful. They feel good about themselves because they understand the small part of the concepts. They don’t feel overwhelmed by having to learn huge concepts back to back. It’s such a small progression, that most of my students don’t even notice how advanced they are until they look back, or hear a younger student comment on how hard the work they are doing looks.

I teach 6th-12th grade math. I have seen so many students achieve success with this program, that I would change schools (for my children) if this school change curriculums. I’ve seen ALL the students that progressed to the Advanced Math class (pre-cal) with Saxon, easily place in calculus in college.

This is not a program you can jump in and out of. If you start it FINISH IT. This really holds true for most programs. I tell my kids all the time, the best way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time. Saxon is the perfect way to eat that elephant!!!

By: Saxon Math is the Best For K-6 Homeschool

Saxon Math is the Best For K-6 Homeschool — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:11:39 +0000

[...] had posted before how I thought Saxon Math was a good choice for K-6. I was wrong. It is not a good choice. It is a GREAT choice! And, if there are parents or tutors [...]

By: Kathy

Kathy — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:36:30 +0000

The Algebra Survival Guide is an alternative to Saxon. It’s written in plain English and uses humor and cartoons to explain ideas. My children and I were actually laughing as we learned algebra together. Also, it uses analogies that help bridge the gap between concrete thinking and abstract algebraic type thinking.

The Guide is a lot more fun to get through than Saxon and my kids have done great in math.

By: Martin Bradley

Martin Bradley — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:22:53 +0000

Hi Folks,

My site hosts a calculator I made for teaching the order of operations. It draws a tree representing the arithmetic expression and clicking on the tree reduced the expression down towards the answer.

There is a free trial so you can see what it does if you like.

thanks,
Martin.

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Unhappy With Christian Liberty Academy CLASS Curriculum Math — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:46:07 +0000

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