Geometry: Practice Workbook With Examples [Paperback]

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: McDougal Littel; Workbook edition (January 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 061802087X
• ISBN-13: 978-0618020874
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,990 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #17 in Books > Teens > Education & Reference > Science & Technology > Mathematics

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A teacher's assistant's review, December 8, 2009

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thac05 - See all my reviews

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I am a teacher assistant for a teacher that plans her lessons around this workbook. Instead of taking notes she goes through this workbook to teach the lesson. This is a good idea because the students are taking more time learning instead of worrying about writing everything down. However, this is NOT the workbook to do this with. I will agree that it covers a lot of good material and has some good examples, but the parts meant to "teach" are terrible. All of the problems are fill in the blank. Any math educator should know that there are MANY different ways to solve one algebra problem. Well, when solving for an unknown angle in a triangle, this workbook has fill in the blank spaces for solving the equation. Something like: __x + 2 = 3__ + x. I even had to step back and try and figure out what the workbook wanted for each blank because it sometimes would solve equations in a completely different way than I would think to do. Therefore, the students only see one way and we miss out on class discussions of how their classmates solved the same equation. The worst part is, when they get to a problem on their homework where they have to do everything themselves (no fill in the blanks) they are lost. This is especially prevalent in the sections on proofs. The workbook presents 3 different ways to write proofs, 2-column, flowchart, and paragraph (though 2-column is the mostly used) Anyway, the workbook also does fill in the blank proofs. Even MORE so than with algebra equations, proofs use reasoning and creativity. The fill-in-the-blank method takes both of these aspects out of the proof writing process. When my students took their first quiz where the proof was NOT fill in the blank, they were stuck, didn't know what to do and I had to make the proofs extra credit. After that I got rid of this workbook and started teaching them how to do work on their own.

I understand that this is just a 2 dollar workbook, but if you plan on getting a resource for your students to use, do NOT order this workbook! The only thing this workbook teaches the students to do is be dependent on being given TOO much information. Get something else that teaches students to reason on their own and make connections between relationships in ways that makes sense to them... not just the one way that this workbook forces the students to do.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars geometry workbook, January 14, 2008

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Lynne A. Winner - See all my reviews
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covers good material but the only solutions are to the examples. the follow up problems after the example do not have solutions. i was disappointed by that.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Geometry Workbook, September 30, 2009

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BarbR - See all my reviews

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I don't believe this book was very helpful. No answers in book or explaination of problems. Shipment was quick.