Suggestions on learning math at home?

Question

Do you know of any good books, programs or web sites that you could recommend?

S()()I)#H. that link didn't work for me.

Anonymous, Thank you.

Answer 1

http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/web/2000/heal/mathsites.html
this site has links to many math sites.

Answer 2

It depends on what branch of mathematics you're trying to learn. Out of print textbooks are very cheap in almost every major subject area. Or even cheaper, try the public library. There really aren't any REALLY good programs for learning math beyond arithmetic . . . there are programs that will do your algebra for you, but that probably isn't what you need at this point in your learning. Good night!

That link in the answer above doesn't work because she took the liberty of putting in an "L" at the end of the address. HTML files may end in html or htm, but most sites do not support using both (it would require special software on the server or two copies of the same file with that difference in name). Try this link: http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/web/2000/heal/mathsites.htm

Good night!

Answer 3

Not sure what level you're talking about, but here are two links, one to a publisher of Very Fine Math stuff, the other to a reputable math education site. Oh, speaking of math, I added a third site. (You TRUST my mathiness, right? Here's two -- a, b, c.)

http://www.keypress.com

Depending on what you're looking for, the Key To ... series may be useful to you. Although I usually disapprove of workbooks, these are very well thought-out, are NOT busy-work, and actually teach the concepts.

All of Key's stuff is good (claimer: I used to work for them, and I love them with a passion -- good people, good pedagogy, good math).

Browse around. There's a lot of stuff, for a lot of different levels, mostly from Middle School through undergrad college.

Check out the software they have -- playing with well-thought-out software can really help your understanding of the math concepts. (The Learning Guides that come with the software actually address math stuff, while also giving driving lessons.)

also visit http://www.mathforum.org

Math Forum is a math education site. They may well have stuff on learning on one's own. If nothing else, they have Ask Dr. Math, for when you get stuck.

Also see http://www.nctm.org

That's the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

The biggest problem with the math ed reform movement is that the materials assume a classroom, relying heavily on collaborative learning.

This is hard to do when you're the only one in the room.

Answer 4

I'm 17 and I had a lot of trouble with algebra in 8th grade & a little trouble with Alg2 in 10th. My problem was the teacher, this year I'm taking Adv.Alg2/Trig and the teacher is great. I understand the material minutes after hes done teaching. Perhaps the way you are teaching it is the problem(no offense). Hire a tutor or have a friend who is good in math help her out. Some people just struggle with math, it will eventually click for her, as it did for me.

Answer 5

for adding and multiplying you can buy addition and multiplication tables