<p>I’ll have to look for those “worked problems”, too. My son had a terrible Chemistry teacher last year (she went thru a divorce during the prior summer and used that as an excuse for just reading from the book and only doing 2 labs the whole year! thank god the school did not let her return this year to screw up another batch of students.) </p>
<p>My son would love to take AP Chem next year but because of inadequate teacher last year, he hesitates. Getting one of these books might help.</p>
<p>Hey… I just went to Amazon.com and went to books section and put: Chemistry worked into the search area.</p>
<p>I got a nice list of books that have worked chemistry problems. I recommend not putting the word “problem” in the search because sometimes the phrase in the title is “worked solutions”, “worked examples” , etc. By just putting the subject and the word “worked”, you will get a variety of good choices. </p>
<p>Thanks again for the idea!!! :)</p>
<p>I am doing a search and there are so many. Anyone know the publisher?</p>
<p>I would be interested in getting algebra, chemistry, and geometry.</p>
<p>There is one thing you might want to caution kids against doing with the “worked examples” books. Used the wrong way, they aren’t going to help. </p>
<p>What sometimes happens is you look at these books and you realize they give you the easy way to finish your homework. Simply find a problem similar to the one on the homework, see how they did it, and use it as a template to answer your homework. It’s not quite the answer key, but almost as quick. This gets the homework done, but that isn’t the point of homework! The teacher doesn’t need the answers, they have the solution book 
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<p>Used correctly, though, these books are wonderful. Instead of having to wait for class or office hours (for those in college) you can get immediate instruction on how to solve problems when you get stuck, and you get to practice until the methods sink in.</p>
<p>One other tip: if you want to browse thru some of these before buying, go to any college in your area. College bookstores usually stock these kinds of books.</p>
<p>This may be off-topic, but…</p>
<p>Here in the deep South, kids bulk up their GPAs by taking state-sanctioned online classes…don’t know if that’s an option in Texas.</p>
<p>"Others went to another school, and were able to transfer in (easier to do that and there are specific feeder schools that pretty much guarantee your getting into A&M and UT after a year or 2 there, like Blinn). That’s not to say that she will go that route, just another option available. "</p>
<p>If the problem is financial, one of the best ways to get to the university in Texas is through a community college. CC are those “feeder schools” that garantee you getting into the desired Texas university as a transfer student. And they are several times cheaper than undergraduate programs at the universities . And after a year or two all those 10 top % who need remedial courses will drop out, so it will be plenty spaces available.</p>