Saxon Algebra 1/2 Books
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Steck-Vaughn
GRADE LEVEL: 7th or 8th Grade
PREREQUISITES: Saxon 76 or 8/7 or placement test
REQUIRED MATERIALS: None
GENERAL APPROACH: Lesson-practice-problem set; incremental with spiral review
Saxon Algebra ½ basic homestudy kit contains two books, the student book and also the tests and answers book. Additional items are available in other kits or even alone. The solutions manual helps teachers grade more easily, another is a CD-ROM to aid student understanding of the material.
The basic format of these pre Algebra books is the same as the other Saxon texts. Each lesson explanation covers another small increment of a concept and gives example problems. Next the student practices several similar problems. Finally, the student works through a problem set of 30 or so review problems. The review is comprehensive; any previous problem type, even some from previous books may appear in the problem sets.