Saxon Geometry: Homeschool Kit with Solutions Manual [Textbook Binding]

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1600329764 | ISBN-13: 978-1600329760 | Publication Date: 2009 | Edition: 1st

Saxon Geometry includes all topics in a high school geometry course, presented through the familiar Saxon approach of incremental development and continual review. The homeschool kit includes the Student Textbook, with 120 Lessons, 12 Investigations, and 15 Labs, the Solutions Manual, with step-by-step solutions to every problem in the book, and the Homeschool Packet, which includes Test Forms and Test Answers.
The geometry sketching software referenced in the text is The Geometer's Sketchpad, which is available for purchase but not sold by Saxon Publishers.

Product Details

• Textbook Binding: 887 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH); 1st edition (2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600329764
• ISBN-13: 978-1600329760
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.9 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #933,826 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not up to Saxon standards, May 18, 2010

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Math Head (South Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Saxon Geometry: Homeschool Kit with Solutions Manual (Textbook Binding)

I am a huge fan of Saxon math and have used the curriculum successfully homeschooling my own children. This book, however, is not up to the standard I expect of Saxon textbooks. First, it is FULL of errors. I am astounded that this book and its corresponding solution manual and test booklet went to press without a careful editing. Second, many of the problems in the homework set are "applications" that really stretch the concepts being presented. I prefer a more straightforward approach. I used this book in a classroom setting for the first time this year, and even my brightest students became frustrated with the unnecessarily convoluted homework problems and the frequent errors in the text and solution manual. The book does present important concepts clearly in the Saxon tradition, but without straightforward homework problems and correct solutions, many students will have trouble mastering skills, particularly in a homeschool setting. My suggestion: wait for the second edition or check out Harold Jacob's geometry instead.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Value, Good Book, October 27, 2010

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green tree frog - See all my reviews

This review is from: Saxon Geometry: Homeschool Kit with Solutions Manual (Textbook Binding)

A good book and a good buy for homeschool geometry. This set has enough information to self-teach a complete course in geometry, including how to write proofs. It is much better than other public school textbooks we used for geometry previous years, because it gives better explanations actually enabling you to figure out how to write proofs. It seems better than the popular homeschool series with DVDs which didn't explain how to write proofs well, either.

It contains lots of integrated review problems so it helps strengthen a weak student who may have forgotten some algebra. The solutions manual shows completely worked-out problems and proofs, so it's a big help. The test schedule is convenient (every 5 lessons) and tests are included in the kit. If you photocopy the tests, you can use the whole kit over for multiple students. The text also contains construction labs (compass and straightedge exercises) so it pretty much covers everything. It contains a LOT of emphasis on logic, which I didn't expect, but that's apparently part of the latest standards of learning for geometry.

Caveats: The first edition has numerous errors in the solutions manual. The pages of the textbook are thin so they wrinkle easily, like when you lay your arm across the page.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Too many errors, June 30, 2010

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An Amazon.com customer (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Saxon Geometry: Homeschool Kit with Solutions Manual (Textbook Binding)

We love Saxon Math programs and have been using them for years, but Saxon Geometry needs a caution attached. There are an unacceptable number of ERRORS in the answer key. There are so many errors that, when I grade my daughter's work, I am more inclined to believe her answer than the answer key. Upon working the questioned problems ourselves (between two professionals with very high math backgrounds), we find the Saxon answer key to be wrong. This was annoying at first, but as time goes on and more and more errors are found, it has become a downright stumbling block to our daughter's ability to learn and not question herself. However, at least she gets to learn one important lesson with Saxon Geometry: sometimes the "experts" are just plain wrong, and this is one good lesson for a child to grasp in life. Saxon needs to put out a revision for this book and FAST. I could recommend this as a great Geometry book, but the huge number of errors drop its rating to one star. One further piece of information: I tried contacting Saxon early on as I discovered errors to alert them to the situation, and their customer service attitude was downright disgusting. They just didn't seem to care. So be warned, if you buy this book be prepared to question the given answers.