Students in my college-level algebra class have informed me that the textbooks do not have enough examples and lack detail. (I don't want to go into the details of this, but it's mainly to reduce the cost of the book). When I teach I provide many examples, but students usually want more practice. Also, there are several teachers out there who did not give enough examples for students, due to the short class time. I am currently working on an example book just for ALGEBRA. The purpose of this book is to provide different type of examples for students. I do plan on marketing this book for teachers, students as well home-schoolers. There will be detailed examples at different degrees of difficulty. It will also contain practice problems, with the solutions online.
In addition, a few of the examples will require thought process, and will not be found in any other textbooks. It will also contain real life application problems that use algebra, unlike those train problems. This will give students an interesting perspective on algebra.
I realize there are some books out there such as Schaum's outlines, but they usually only contain simple examples that you can find in any math book.
I am not recommending students learn algebra from this book. It should not be mistaken for a textbook, but rather an example book to be used along with the required textbook.
I would like to hear from some of you and what you think. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Thank you,
~LazyEight
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