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Geometry
by Ron Larson, Laurie Boswell, Lee Stiff
from Houghton Mifflin Company
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 
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Geometry textbook 
Hello to all Amazon shoppers. This book was shipped very rapidly and arrived in perfect condition. I was extremely pleased by the speedy delivery.
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school supplies 
Order arrived 2 days later than expected, but I was very pleased with the price I paid and the book was in excellent condition
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Good In Some Ways; Weak In Others 
Our school uses this book for all Geometry classes. The book is quite thorough, but serves the teacher more than the students. The students for the most part don't read it; just use it to find the assigned homework problems.
One glaring weakness is on page 306 where Postulate 7 is proven from Postulate 5 in problem 24. After hammering into my students that postulates cannot be proven, there goes the book proving a postulate!
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Weak Explanations and Fails to Challenge Even the Average High School Student 
As a long time mathematics tutor and teacher I know this book very well. I don't think the material is presented or explained in a way that is especially helpful for young people. As a tutor I have to constantly reintroduce the topic and/or try to stay ahead of the student's class. Beyond that, the students are asked to do only the simplest of proofs. Additionally, a new topic will be introduced and then no problems appear in the exercise portion of the section to help the student test and practice his or... more info
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