Big Ideas Math: Algebra 2

by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Laurie Boswell

The Big Ideas Math student edition Algebra 1, Geometry and Algebra 2 textbooks mirror the pedagogical philosophy that made the middle school Big Ideas Math books so successful. Each lesson begins with an Essential Question, followed by Explorations. Once the inquiry section is completed, students begin the direct instruction Lesson, helping them to reason and make sense of their answers based on the knowledge they gained during discovery.

764 pages, Library Binding

Published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Joseph F · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is such a banger. It really says a lot about the socio-economic climate of Ukraine during the time period of 1962-2009

[Isabella Florian · Rating 2 out of 5]

Oh dear God...
I went through this thing freshman year, and it gets fairly straight to the point so that students can pass their tests, so I'll definitely give it that. If you're just trying to learn mathematics to pass a mandatory class, this is actually pretty great for that. However, it sucks all the joy of learning math out of it. It doesn't give any information as to where methods or equations stem from, and it just blindly tosses them to you and you're not supposed to question it. It's no wonder most people hate mathematics, I would still hate it myself if these school textbooks were all I was ever exposed to. Well, Larson, you tried...