The Aops intermediate algebra text mentioned is at a higher level. It’s not a book I would suggest for summer review. You could try a monthly subscription to Aleks.Com my kid did that the summer before his Algebra 2, and he says it helped. It’s an adaptive program , so you just choose the course you want and the program assesses strengths and weaknesses. You can perhaps review Algebra 1 this way. ALEKS will let you change a course too.
You could also simply review the topics using khan academy along with a standard textbook. Khan academy seems to have improved their interface.
@bjkmom Good point about being there everyday. It sounds like part of the problem this year for this student was missing class for an important EC. Is that likely again? If so, figure out what she’ll miss and how she’ll keep up. Those days she’ll miss have to be made up somehow before she tries to jump into the next topic or she may not understand the next topic very well either.
@gettingschooled the EC was a competition that only goes up to 8th grade so she won’t be doing it next year @mathprof63 Thanks for the advice about the AoPS book. Do you know any resource that is a physical textbook and has problems to solve?
@bjkmom Thanks for the wealth of information! We will definitely go through those topics.
Since Intermediate Algebra AoPS (just the textbook) is considered to be too advanced to practice for Algebra 2 (she would also be doing these problems throughout the year as necessary), does anyone know the appropriate AoPS level or any other textbook or workbook that she could throughout the school year just for extra practice?
Thanks!
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The AoPS was recommended because of its conversational tone, does anyone have any other recommendations for workbooks or books for math other than textbooks?
Which one would be better (just the textbook),
the AoPs Introduction to Algebra
or AoPs Intermediate Algebra
or a different workbook type book?
Although it’s not a textbook, I would highly recommend the REA Problem Solver for Algebra and Trigonometry. Most textbooks provide you with a few examples and then give you a long list of problems to solve. The first few problems are easy enough to solve because they’re similar to the examples. But the problems you find further down in the list look nothing like the examples - they’re much more complicated, often requiring you to do things the textbook has never discussed before. Unless you’re a natural mathematician, the extra steps you need to solve these problems aren’t intuitive, and no amount of effort on your behalf is going to solve the problems.
The Problem Solver series is designed to help students by providing them with examples for all of the types of problems found in the textbook - from the simplest forms of equations to the most complex. It’s designed to be used with any textbook, so it will be useful regardless of which textbook your daughter is using. It’s an especially valuable tool if your daughter is going to be doing any self-studying in addition to her normal coursework. REA has a Problem Solver for just about every math class you can take in high school or college. I know the Calculus and Advanced Calculus Problem Solvers were a huge help for me in college.
The type of workbook mentioned by @AlexanderIII looks appropriate for your needs. I would add the “Dummies” algebra series are pretty good too. There are separate books and workbooks in that series. See which ones fit your child’s needs.
While the AOPs books are conversational in tone, the problems skew toward the out of the box types. Many are quite challenging, even at beginning algebra level. If you are looking for that type of challenge, that’s fine. My second kid loves those types of problems, while my first one would just look at them and say “huh?” You can see the excerpts on their website.
Have you looked into Kumon? You are initially tested and placed at your current level in math, and progress to higher levels. The drilling and homework are useful, and there are tutors as well. I believe the program includes Calculus.