52 of 53 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best book for learning Algebra, April 10 2007
By Welles Wallin "Welles" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A-Plus Notes for Beginning Algebra: Pre-Algebra and Algebra I: Simple and Easy to Study and Review (Paperback)
I bought this book for my [...]son, who is homeschooled. It has been the best textbook for self-learning we have ever encountered---on any subject, bar none.
Mr. Yang has done a marvelous job of breaking down concepts, illustrating them with clear instruction and examples, and struturing the exercises so that students get a sense that they are truly building their math skills, step by step. And they are. I see this as the beginning of my son's journey into higher and higher math.
In other words, using this book to learn algebra has been, among other great things, fun.
I can definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn or bone up on Algebra. It is wonderful for homeschooling.
I intend to buy several other books authored by Mr. Yang. His passion for teaching, not to mention his skill at it, really comes across. Thank you, Mr. Yang.
32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best Algebra Book!, Aug 12 2007
By LDB - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A-Plus Notes for Beginning Algebra: Pre-Algebra and Algebra I: Simple and Easy to Study and Review (Paperback)
I just bought this book for my daughter who is learning Algebra I. This book is much better than the $80 book she had been using. Why is this book so great? First of all, it has many examples of different problems in each chapter. The examples not only give the answer, but it shows all the steps. There are pages of different types of examples. The other reason it is so great is there is so much repetition. Even if you do not need to use every problem, it is there for you when you need a lot of repetition to reinforce concepts. All the explanations are clear and concise.
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Most excellent book for my middle school boy, Jun 26 2007
By James yi "jyi" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A-Plus Notes for Beginning Algebra: Pre-Algebra and Algebra I: Simple and Easy to Study and Review (Paperback)
Each chapter starts with very helpful concise summary with good examples and are followed by many good exercises. This book is much better than other books. This is much better than many of school math books which are very thick and lengthy, but may not be really helpful.