Algebra 1: An Incremental Development

by John H. Saxon Jr.

Book HardcoverPublication 1/1/2003 564Reading Age 13 and Up

Genres: Mathematics, Nonfiction, School, Textbooks

564 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1990

About the author

John Harold Saxon Jr. (1923-1996)was an American mathematics educator who authored or co-authored and self-published a series of textbooks, collectively using an incremental teaching style which became known as Saxon math.

Reviews

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ]

LOVED learning Algebra from this textbook. :D

[AJC]

I absolutely despise this book. Every time I see it want to cry.

[Josie✨✨]

Hallelujah I’m done

[Joshua]

::rips whatever hair is left from the first book out::

[Nicole]

Hate. Not bad material, but who's gonna rate a school book GOOD? you'd have to be nuts...

[John Yelverton]

Another wonderful book from Saxon that not only teaches you the joy of math but the joy of algebra as well.

[Thara Tenney]

Math can be self taught for sure.

[Ldgalaxy]

I read/studied this book more than 30 years ago. It was an excellent review of the math I learned in high school. Now that I am retired I am going through it once again to prepare me for the Algebra 2 text (which I have).

My goal is to finish Algebra 1 & 2 in the next six months and then move onto the Saxon Advanced Mathematics text. My first major math goal is to get through the equivalent of Calculus 3, and move on to some introductory physics after that.

The Saxon series suits me well. It has more than 130 lessons with about 30 practice problems in each lesson. Every four lessons has a twenty problems test to evaluate your progress. Well designed program.

[Becca Beard]

I went through this book with our last three children, as in, I did every lesson and test along with them so that I could help them through it. I didn’t have that luxury with the first three, who complained about Saxon math and told me over and over how awful it was.
It isn’t awful. It’s a well-written, solid math curriculum that this English/Theatre major was able to learn from.
We started every lesson with Scott Clifton’s YouTube videos. He made the math understandable, and he was a great help in getting all of us through!

[Emma]

I’m still bad at math 😭

[Audrey ⊬]

ok so this was good but i ran out of time to finish it help

[Lisa Powell]

Suits some well, others not as well. Boilerplate for algebra when you don't have anything better to use. For the diligent or those who enjoy math the many problems will be helpful, for the rest they are intimidating. Very narrative-based, so in some ways good for those who want their math explained to them in words. Spiral method is supposed to keep you sharp on past skills.

[Joanna]

As an homeschooler, I am doing the Saxon series. Most of my brothers also went through this series, so it's nice to find little comments or doodles in my books from them when they were around my age.

[Sarah]

I guess math is Ok. It is pretty fun and this book has helped me alot!

[Meagan]

ok

[Isaiah the Ox]

A pretty good math book, but it is beginning to get difficult for me.