Customer Rating: 
Summary: Teaching the Teachers
Comment: I'm a teacher trainer for a program in which elementary school teachers must sometimes work with older students, and some of our teachers are really intimidated by the idea of teaching algebra. After an initial recommendation and review of this book, our program purchased a number of copies for our teachers' reference. The concepts are explained very clearly, with good examples and a few practice problems. (Sadly, the textbook required by our district is much more confusing!) There's also a workbook, which we later purchased. Some of our teachers use this book with their students to supplement the school textbook--but we really bought it to help the teachers re-learn algebra! The only quibble we have with this book is the background graphics, which are overpowering and kind of distracting. But it's worth it for the excellent explication of algebra concepts. I would happily recommend this book to students, parents, and teachers. I will note that the level is early algebra, stopping short of things like quadratic equations, but then, that's where a lot of our students get bogged down.
Customer Rating:
Summary: This is the formula for my problems!
Comment: I have been shopping for a good tutorial algebra book for several weeks so that I could help my struggling teenagers. I probably would not have shopped this book because the cover gave me the impression of chaos. I feared that the pages would be full of text that would baffle us even more. I bought this book and workbook based on the customer's reviews...and am I happy I did so. I learned not to judge a book by its cover. The book layout is easy to read with one problem per page in step-by-step detail. This is exactly what I've been seeking. Too bad Rappaport does not have a book on Geometry...that's our next level.
ps. The only reason I did not rate this book a 5 is because the contents covers ten fundamentals whereas other books cover a bit more. But the layout is worth the compromise.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Don't know how to explain algebra to kids...this is the one!
Comment: I can do algebra but I couldn't explain to my kids and get them interested. Looking at my kids, I could tell that their minds wandered away from me. Many thanks to Josh Rappaport, I have finally grasped their attention. We were laughing while learning algebra. Josh has made algebra so much easier to understand and enjoyable. The illustrations are great too. Highly recommended book.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Public school students are missing out!
Comment: As a home educator who is not tied to a specific curriculum, I was looking for an eighth-grade Math book that I could feel comfortable with. I found this on a fluke and took a chance on it. Josh explains things so well, and his book is helping my daughter breeze through Algebra so effortlessly, that I catch myself thinking, "This is too easy; can she really be progressing?" We enjoy getting a little goofy with Josh's conversational Q/A style that introduces each textbook page; even when the concept is a simple one, my daughter comments that Josh makes "the obvious" funny instead of boring.
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Summary: Come out, come out all GROWNUPS who fear the bullies in Algebra Town!
Comment: I want to talk to the grownups who, like me, never got the gist of Algebra, and certainly never passed an Algebra course (Come on, soul mates, go back with me in time: remember how we sat at our desks, sweating, fighting off that sick "I know I'm not going to pass this test" stomach).
Well, fear no more--we can now emerge from the darkness that was ignorance of Algebra. We now have hope. we can now live the consummate human life, because there's a new sheriff who will help us defeat the bullies in Algebra Town (You know the ones, my friends: they sit, confidently, smugly even, figuring out how those numbers become
algebra.). The sheriff is named Josh Rappaport. But Mr. Rappaport doesn't tote a gun, no sir--his weapon doesn't mutilate, it enlightens. His weapon is the ALGEBRA SURVIVAL GUIDE ( A Conversational Handbook for the Thoroughly Befuddled). Oh my! This handbook has so charmed me, I'm reading it like a novel. Good sign, right? It's no chore reading Josh Rappaport's gem. And you will also love Sally Blakemore's illustrations. She gets it! that falling down a hole feeling ( You have to buy the handbook to see Ms. Blakemore's visual take on fear of Algebra).
So, come on grownups-who-never-passed-Algebra...wouldn't you like to live a full life? wouldn't you like to give numbers, then Algebra, a chance? I KNOW you'd like to read words like REFLEXIVE Property, COMMUTATIVE Property and ASSOCIATIVE Property without fighting the the urge to cry? Well, do yourself a favor and purchase the Algebra Survival Guide. Then, do yourself a further favor and buy the WORKBOOK. Okay?
Summary: Teaching the Teachers
Comment: I'm a teacher trainer for a program in which elementary school teachers must sometimes work with older students, and some of our teachers are really intimidated by the idea of teaching algebra. After an initial recommendation and review of this book, our program purchased a number of copies for our teachers' reference. The concepts are explained very clearly, with good examples and a few practice problems. (Sadly, the textbook required by our district is much more confusing!) There's also a workbook, which we later purchased. Some of our teachers use this book with their students to supplement the school textbook--but we really bought it to help the teachers re-learn algebra! The only quibble we have with this book is the background graphics, which are overpowering and kind of distracting. But it's worth it for the excellent explication of algebra concepts. I would happily recommend this book to students, parents, and teachers. I will note that the level is early algebra, stopping short of things like quadratic equations, but then, that's where a lot of our students get bogged down.
Customer Rating:
Summary: This is the formula for my problems!
Comment: I have been shopping for a good tutorial algebra book for several weeks so that I could help my struggling teenagers. I probably would not have shopped this book because the cover gave me the impression of chaos. I feared that the pages would be full of text that would baffle us even more. I bought this book and workbook based on the customer's reviews...and am I happy I did so. I learned not to judge a book by its cover. The book layout is easy to read with one problem per page in step-by-step detail. This is exactly what I've been seeking. Too bad Rappaport does not have a book on Geometry...that's our next level.
ps. The only reason I did not rate this book a 5 is because the contents covers ten fundamentals whereas other books cover a bit more. But the layout is worth the compromise.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Don't know how to explain algebra to kids...this is the one!
Comment: I can do algebra but I couldn't explain to my kids and get them interested. Looking at my kids, I could tell that their minds wandered away from me. Many thanks to Josh Rappaport, I have finally grasped their attention. We were laughing while learning algebra. Josh has made algebra so much easier to understand and enjoyable. The illustrations are great too. Highly recommended book.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Public school students are missing out!
Comment: As a home educator who is not tied to a specific curriculum, I was looking for an eighth-grade Math book that I could feel comfortable with. I found this on a fluke and took a chance on it. Josh explains things so well, and his book is helping my daughter breeze through Algebra so effortlessly, that I catch myself thinking, "This is too easy; can she really be progressing?" We enjoy getting a little goofy with Josh's conversational Q/A style that introduces each textbook page; even when the concept is a simple one, my daughter comments that Josh makes "the obvious" funny instead of boring.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Come out, come out all GROWNUPS who fear the bullies in Algebra Town!
Comment: I want to talk to the grownups who, like me, never got the gist of Algebra, and certainly never passed an Algebra course (Come on, soul mates, go back with me in time: remember how we sat at our desks, sweating, fighting off that sick "I know I'm not going to pass this test" stomach).
Well, fear no more--we can now emerge from the darkness that was ignorance of Algebra. We now have hope. we can now live the consummate human life, because there's a new sheriff who will help us defeat the bullies in Algebra Town (You know the ones, my friends: they sit, confidently, smugly even, figuring out how those numbers become
algebra.). The sheriff is named Josh Rappaport. But Mr. Rappaport doesn't tote a gun, no sir--his weapon doesn't mutilate, it enlightens. His weapon is the ALGEBRA SURVIVAL GUIDE ( A Conversational Handbook for the Thoroughly Befuddled). Oh my! This handbook has so charmed me, I'm reading it like a novel. Good sign, right? It's no chore reading Josh Rappaport's gem. And you will also love Sally Blakemore's illustrations. She gets it! that falling down a hole feeling ( You have to buy the handbook to see Ms. Blakemore's visual take on fear of Algebra).
So, come on grownups-who-never-passed-Algebra...wouldn't you like to live a full life? wouldn't you like to give numbers, then Algebra, a chance? I KNOW you'd like to read words like REFLEXIVE Property, COMMUTATIVE Property and ASSOCIATIVE Property without fighting the the urge to cry? Well, do yourself a favor and purchase the Algebra Survival Guide. Then, do yourself a further favor and buy the WORKBOOK. Okay?
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