Customer Reviews

Ace's Algebra 2-Trig Exambusters Study Cards (Ace's Exambusters)

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

These cards are in no way a substitute for your book and they will not teach you much unless you have a textbook to go with this. If you are taking a precalculus class (Algebra & Trigonometry), these cards make an excellent referrence. I especially like to use them when I get so sick of looking at the book, I can just flip through the cards and test my own knowledge of precalculus.

I'm the type of student that would like every possible advantage since I do not have so much time for study, and math is one of those topics that require work. My only complaint is the quality of the cards. They are less than business card quality. If they would laminate them in some sort of coating, I'd give the cards 5 stars.

Also check out the Chemistry study cards. They are identical to these with the exception of subject matter.

Not sure why Amazon lets Dorothea Franco give an identical review for this product....

"My students love them...."

and also for all the other Ace products.

Dorothea - do you also teach Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, French, English, Science Geology, Arithmetic, American History, World European, etc. etc. etc....? For everyone of those reviews, you say "My students love them...."

Yes, she gave the exact same reviews for all of the Ace products.

Is she paid by Ace?

This might be a good product, but who knows when a reviewer gives an identical review for 24 different study cards saying her students love it.

Please Amazon, help the buyers here know what reviews are real.

When I was in school, flash cards were the best way to learn and I always made my own. The exambusters cards cover many of my daughter's courses and I bought her several. Sometimes we work together and she and her friends study in a group too--making a trivia game. Try the software. The screensaver function is great!! In our house, we love to learn new languages. The program flashes words or phrases and then translation every few seconds. The material goes into your brain by osmosis and the constantly changing cards on the screen keep pulling you back to read more. The software is much easier to figure out than some other brands we've purchased. It's intuitive; you don't need to read a lot of confusing instructions. All in all, good investment.

I ordered these flash cards because I've been having a hard time memorizing some of the formulas in algebra II. I think these can be helpful because you don't search around through notes and writing and pages. You look at the card, determine what it is, and turn it over. It helped me some. The fact that it has Trig cards is helpful because I will, at some point, reach that level in math so this will help me along the way. The box came sealed and in great condition.

Try these first to review math and/or vocabulary you haven't seen for awhile. Just the basics are presented and I found I already knew some of the answers, but other times, the cards filled in the gaps. That's what's good about flash cards, you can pull out the ones you don't need. Can't do that with a work book unless you want to rip out some pages and use a lot of white out!! The software and the cards were both helpful; the same information in two different forms. Thanks, Exambusters. You've covered it all and given me more confidence!

I've tried several courses: math, science, history and language. My kids especially love the Sign Language cards! I purchased all three card sets and the CD-software. The photographs are more realistic than drawings which you mostly find in ASL products. Great for younger kids too. My daughter's using them in her Brownie troupe and my three-year-old has picked up on some of the alphabet and numbers already. My older son has some mild learning disabilities and looking at a page in a book with so much information all together makes him nervous. I put one card at a time on a cleared table. It helps him focus and that gives him more confidence. People have been making or using flash cards forever, and I think they always will be no matter how fancy computers and software gets (but the Exambusters software is good too). I've recommended them to others.

In junior high, my son got a head start on high school courses and that helped him get better grades. He used both cards and CD. My son liked the software, so he studied more than he would have from a book. Learning is hard work, but the exambusters made him feel like it's not quite so bad. The software is well-laid out, colorful, and user-friendly. The messages they give when they score the tests are amusing.

I bought several courses. The cards offer basic concepts in small bites. The information was relevant to what was presented by my teacher. The cards and CD's gave good review before exams and a head start at the start of the new school year. The cards had a lot of questions; you can carry them in your pocket and learn a few each day. The software was easy to use. It is like the cards but on the screen. You can take a test or just review. Front is question, click for answer on back of card. The software can also show the cards on the screen at random, first the question, then the answer. They change every few seconds. That keeps you reading and wondering what's coming up next. It's entertaining while you're studying.

Every year I recommend them to my students. The ones who buy them seem to do a little better than they might have. The cards are numbered, so it's easy to tell them which ones they need to know, and which they can set aside based on the curriculum. It's harder to accomplish that type of culling of information with a review book you'd buy at the superstore.

I bought the cards for students I tutor for SAT/ACT/GED. I have them memorize the cards first. Otherwise, I'd have to dictate a vocabulary and formula list to each of them and that wastes time better spent on solving problems together and discussing concepts.