I originally purchased this when I decided to go back to school to pursue what would become an electrical engineering degree. Because I had been out of math for so long, I basically had to start from square one, and since I was not a great math student my first time through school, I was looking for supplements to help teach myself the material before I took the class. While searching Amazon, I stumbled on this and was very glad I did.
The first thing to know is that this is just a guy in front of a whiteboard working out problems. Actually, this video is just his hand in front of a whiteboard. In later DVDs, the production quality goes way up. It is not, however, a traditional college or high school lecture. The instructor gives the basics of what you need to know to solve the problems, and then does a ton of example problems. Basically distills the stuff in the "explanatory" material in textbooks that come before the problem sets to their core essence, then just does a ton of examples, working everything out step-by-step and explaining the process along the way. So, if you are a visual learner, this is, in my opinion, one of the best resources out there. One caveat, however, is, if you are taking a class, especially a college-level class, this is NOT a substitute for actually going to class. If you are taking a pre-algebra course, this will give you the basics that you need to know and cover the main topics, but it does not cover everything that you will be exposed to in class. So use it for what it is, a supplement to class, not a replacement for class.
The first thing to know is that this is just a guy in front of a whiteboard working out problems. Actually, this video is just his hand in front of a whiteboard. In later DVDs, the production quality goes way up. It is not, however, a traditional college or high school lecture. The instructor gives the basics of what you need to know to solve the problems, and then does a ton of example problems. Basically distills the stuff in the "explanatory" material in textbooks that come before the problem sets to their core essence, then just does a ton of examples, working everything out step-by-step and explaining the process along the way. So, if you are a visual learner, this is, in my opinion, one of the best resources out there. One caveat, however, is, if you are taking a class, especially a college-level class, this is NOT a substitute for actually going to class. If you are taking a pre-algebra course, this will give you the basics that you need to know and cover the main topics, but it does not cover everything that you will be exposed to in class. So use it for what it is, a supplement to class, not a replacement for class.
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