Genuine learning is demonstrated not only through the understanding of a concept but also through the ability to apply that concept to new situations. Saxon students do both with ease and confidence.

RESEARCH on the EFFECTIVENESS of the SAXON APPROACH.

The effectiveness of the SAXON APPROACH of INCREMENTAL PROGRESSION + CONTINOUS REVIEW was first demonstrated during the 1980-1981 school year in twenty Oklahoma public schools. Over 1,360 ninth grade Algebra I students participated. In each school one teacher taught one section from a SAXON MATH BOOK and one or more sections from the REGULAR MATH BOOK (new topics every chapter and a daily problem set that drops earlier topics to focus on the new lesson). During the spring, sixteen 10-15 minute tests were given. Each test was on one fundamental skill of beginning algebra and the tests were constructed from problems submitted by the teachers. Overall, the students who used the SAXON MATH BOOK more than doubled the scores of the students who had the same teacher but used a REGULAR MATH BOOK.

For tests on scientific notation and negative exponents, eight classes of Algebra II students were used as controls. The ninth graders who had used the SAXON MATH BOOK more than tripled the scores of the Algebra II students on both of these tests. The test program was monitored by the Oklahoma Federation of Teachers, and they have certified the results.

Students should work every problem in every problem set. This book provides only the problems that are necessary and the problems are not in pairs so that either the odd or the even problems may be assigned. Experience with this book will demonstrate that no extra problems of the new topic are desirable or necessary.* In this book the learning process is spread out and comprehension will come in time. The emphasis is on review and not on an all out attack on the new concept. This development spreads out the learning process, increases the depth of understanding and improves long term retention. Experience with books that use the traditional development of topics has proved that an intensive initial attack on a new concept lends little to long term retention. Remember that SAXON MATH BOOKS never drop a topic once it has been introduced and that the student will continue to wrestle with every concept in every homework problem set.