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Continuing with my profile of Jason Gibson’s Math Tutor DVD series, this post outlines the highlights of his Algebra DVD’s. There are actually several Algebra DVD courses in the Math Tutor DVD series: Algebra I, Algebra II, Advanced Algebra, and Matrix Algebra, which a lot of schools call Linear Algebra.
That’s quite a range of courses. Algebra I is taken by most students as early as eighth grade or freshman year of high school, while Matrix Algebra is a common topic in college math classes. Needless to say, a wide variety of math tutoring situations are covered by these DVD’s. Algebra I can be tough for students because for a lot of them, it’s a big jump in the abstractness of mathematics. To this point, they may have had the misconception that math is nothing more than numbers, and now they are faced with variables. Linear Algebra can throw students for a loop as well, given the large number of steps and calculations necessary to solve many problems.
The Algebra I DVD covers the basics of what you’d expect in a first year algebra course like solving linear equations, graphing lines, and factoring. The Algebra II DVD has some overlap with Algebra I but moves into more advanced topics like solving 3-variable systems of equations, radicals, and fractional exponents. The Advanced Algebra DVD has a lot of material that could also be consider Pre-Calculus, like inverse functions, sequences and series, and the binomial theorem. However, Jason also has a Pre-Calculus DVD out, so be sure to check your syllabus to see what lines up better (or buy them both in one of his package deals). Lastly, the Matrix Algebra DVD covers most of what you’d expect to find in a linear algebra class, including adding, subtracting, and multiplying matrices, the Gauss Jordan method, inverses of matrices, and Cramer’s Rule.
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Video Samples from the Algebra DVD’s
Equations of lines
Adding Matrices
Algebra 1 DVD Tutor
Total DVD Run Time: 10 Hours
Disk 1
Section 1: Graphing Equations
Section 2: The Slope Of A Line
Section 3: Writing Equations Of Lines
Section 4: Graphing Inequalities
Section 5: Solving Systems Of Equations By Graphing
Section 6: Solving Systems Of Equations By Substitution
Section 7: Solving Systems Of Equations By Addition
Section 8: Introduction to Equations
Section 9: Solving More Equations
Section 10: Simplifying Expressions
Disk 2
Section 11: Solving Inequalities
Section 12: Natural Number Exponents
Section 13: Zero and Negative Exponents
Section 14: Polynomials
Section 15: Adding and Subtracting Polynomials
Section 16: Multiplying Polynomials
Section 17: Dividing Polynomials by Monomials
Section 18: Dividing Polynomials by Polynomials
Section 19: Factor the Greatest Common Factor
Section 20: Factoring by Grouping
Section 21: Factoring the Difference of Two Squares
Algebra 2 DVD Tutor
Total DVD Run Time: 6 Hours
Disk 1
Section 1: Graphing Equations
Section 2: The Slope Of A Line
Section 3: Writing Equations Of Lines
Section 4: Graphing Inequalities
Section 5: Solving Systems Of Equations By Graphing
Section 6: Solving Systems Of Equations By Substitution
Section 7: Solving Systems Of Equations By Addition
Disk 2
Section 8: Solving Systems Of Equations In Three Variables
Section 9: Simplifying Radical Expressions.
Section 10: Add/Subtract Radical Expressions.
Section 11: Multiply/Divide Radical Expressions.
Section 12: Solving Equations With Radicals.
Section 13: Fractional Exponents.
Section 14: Solving Polynomial Equations.
Section 15: The Quadratic Formula.
Advanced Algebra DVD Tutor
Total DVD Run Time: 7 Hours
Disk 1
Section 1: Graphs Of Functions
Section 2: Graphs Of Circles
Section 3: Transformations Of Functions
Section 4: Combinations Of Functions
Section 5: Inverses Of Functions
Section 6: Quadratic Functions
Section 7: Zeros Of Polynomials
Disk 2
Section 8: Complex Zeros Of Polynomials
Section 9: Graphing Rational Functions
Section 10: Introduction To Sequences
Section 11: Introduction To Series
Section 12: Arithmetic Sequences And Series
Section 13: Geometric Sequences And Series
Section 14: The Binomial Theorem
Linear Algebra (Matrix Algebra) DVD
Total DVD Run Time: 7 Hours
Disk 1
Section 1: Introduction to Matrices
Section 2: Adding and Subtracting Matrices & Multiplying Matrices by a Scalar
Section 3: Multiplying Matrices
Section 4: Row Equivalent Matrices
Section 5: Gaussian Elimination and Gauss-Jordan Elimination
Disk 2
Section 6: Inconsistent and Dependent Systems
Section 7: The Inverse Of A Matrix
Section 8: Solving Systems Using Matrix Inverses
Section 9: Matrix Determinants
Section 10: Cramer's Rule
