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Well Written Complete and Way Way Too Long for My Students, November 24, 2008
This review is from: Let's Review: Geometry (Barron's Review Course) (Paperback)
This is a well presented review of geometry and for students preparing for a comprehensive final or the New York State Regent's Exam, it is good to see the practice exam in the back. But this book is too long. If I could get a student to read this book, I could get them to read our text the way it should be read.
Here's the problem. Kids flunk geometry because they won't take the time to learn, much less understand, the language of geometry (definitions, theorems, postulates). For help in learning and understanding what high school (and junior college) students need to learn to be successful, I recommend Tutor in a Book's Geometry. (And for Algebra 1, Garlic Press' Books 1 and 2).
For the SAT's there are only 14 geometry problems so the Barron's geometry section in its SAT Review book is best.
It just seems to me, that as good a job as Leff does with his Geometry review, no student that I have had who had the discipline to read through all this material, would need to read it to begin with. I do think Leff did a fine job in presenting a comprehensive review for test preparation, especially for a student who as we say in education, "didn't hear the music the first time". But either a dedicated parent or a tutor would have to continuously monitor the student's progress or I doubt very much that the average student will even bother to read it. Unmotivated students need more visuals and encouragement and graphic organizers (TIB's Geometry has all of that).
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Used it last year, scored well above 90 on the Regents, July 7, 2010
This review is from: Let's Review: Geometry (Barron's Review Course) (Paperback)
This review book might be a little too comprehensive for last minute review, but it works well as a supplement to the class. Some students find certain concepts to be difficult to grasp at first take, so this book provides good all around exposure through examples and Regents-level practice questions. I used this book to prepare for the June '09 Geometry Regents (the first administration of the exam after the transition from Math A/B) and scored well above 90 on the exam. Would not recommend it for last month review, but would rather purchase it some time early in the year to help thoroughly review topics one by one, taking a more systematic approach as the exam gets closer and closer.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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a teacher but whole years material, June 8, 2009
This review is from: Let's Review: Geometry (Barron's Review Course) (Paperback)
this is a great book but suggest to buy long time before regents because its practically everything the teacher taugt in class
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