|  | Authors: Ray C. Jurgensen, Richard G. Brown, John W. Jurgensen
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin McDougal Littell
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Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 10289
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 740
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.6 x 1.3
ISBN: 0395977274
Dewey Decimal Number: 516
EAN: 9780395977279
ASIN: 0395977274
Publication Date: January 2000
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 I love this book January 10, 2008
MMP (Maryland)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I have taught Honors and College Prep Geometry with this book (and its previous edition) for sixteen years.
This year I tried a different book with one of my classes. I am begging to go back to this book.
This book does not have all the 'bells and whistles' of new Geometry textbooks. It doesn't need them. My new textbook has powerpoint presentations, lesson planners, CD ROM testbanks, etc. Guess what? You can have them. They don't present lessons in any manner I would present them, and the test banks don't test the content of the chapter. In addition, I prefer to supplement lessons with my own real life examples and further explanations, not 'canned' material that is found in my current text and its technology.
A good teacher can take this book and raise the bar for academic excellence. No fluff, nothing watered down.
Newer is not better.
I know my students were given a mental workout-challenged themselves- and understood Geometry when I used this book. My classes will be going back to this book soon.
To the reviewers who say there aren't enough examples, that's the point! Geometry is about developing a skill. You can't build a skill if everything is given to you. Push yourself a little harder, don't be afraid to fail, and ask questions. That's how you learn.
The one con is that test questions are not available on a modern CD ROM, eliminating the need to cut and paste (and not giving the ability to change test versions with a click of a button).
Still, the test questions supplied are fantastic.
Quick & Easy September 27, 2007
Kimberly C. Wilson
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
I usually don't order my son's textbooks from Amazon because I fear that they may arrive late since I don't know exactly who is sending them when I ordered used, however, this was so quick and easy and arrrived in 2 days!
Great Service September 10, 2007
Christopher Maldonado
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
Received the book as described and in the time indicated.
Thanks and building confidence to purchase from the site again!
 4 1/2 stars - challenging math book April 26, 2007
Kuoting Chiu (West Hartford, CT USA)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
First off, I noticed that alot of people said they couldn't understand any of the problems. That may be true, but as long you read everything, it should be no problem at all. Besides, this book is recommended for honors math students, so it's supposed to be slightly challenging.
Pros- the book is well designed, end of every chapter has review notes, summary notes chapter tests, and sometimes cumulative exams as well as preparing for college entrance exams. Every section usually begins with some theroms, and they show you how the prove them. THe back of the book has all the definitions, theroms, postulates and test answers. Challenging in a fun way. The cover is also pretty durable
Cons- may be too challenging for the average student.
Wonderful text February 14, 2007
George C. Johnson (Gainesville,Georgia)
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
I am a physician with an undergraduate degree in math and some graduate work in math, as well. Having elected to reenter the world of mathematics after thirty years, I found this text a wonderful exposition to geometry. I did read this after watching a course on geometry published by The Teaching Company, which was quite good as well.
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