Shormann Interactive Math: Prealgebra 1 through Calculus

The curriculum provides substantial teacher support through PDF teacher guides, Getting Started videos, and clear instructions for implementation. However, it's designed primarily for independent study rather than teacher-led instruction.

Includes 'PDF teacher guide information' that parents 'really should read,' 'Getting Started video,' and detailed instructions like 'Practice Set Instructions Sheet'

The curriculum strongly supports direct instruction through comprehensive video lectures with clear explanations and modeling. The video-based format aligns well with explicit instruction principles.

Each lesson includes video presentations where 'content is thoroughly taught in the video presentations' with students taking notes and following along with examples

The curriculum incorporates retrieval practice through regular quizzes every fourth lesson, quarterly exams, and digital flashcards for rules and definitions. The continual review structure supports spaced practice.

Features 'four-question, open-book quiz' after every fourth lesson, 'digital flashcards for reviewing the rules and definitions,' and continual review built into the incremental structure

Follows a mastery-based incremental approach where concepts are taught incrementally with extensive practice and review before building to new concepts. This aligns well with research on effective sequencing.

Concepts are 'repeated in multiple practice sets, then on a timed quiz, and finally on a quarterly exam' with later lessons building on previous concepts incrementally

The curriculum includes systematic test preparation with real-world applications, though the approach appears more focused on standardized test readiness than comprehensive problem-solving schema instruction.

Every problem #15 in Algebra courses is from standardized exams (PSAT, SAT, ACT, CLEP) and most practice sets include 'at least one problem with a real-life application of math'

The curriculum provides worked examples through video instruction and PDF solutions, with students directed to pause and attempt problems during lectures. However, the structure could be clearer about systematic worked example progression.

During lectures, students 'pause the lecture and attempt to solve' example problems, and 'links go to one or more examples of similar problems already worked out'

The program includes automated tracking and immediate feedback on practice problems, but lacks comprehensive diagnostic assessments for identifying specific skill gaps early in the learning process.

Features 'immediate feedback' when students submit answers and 'automated grading and tracking system records student progress,' though no specific diagnostic assessments mentioned

Limited evidence of systematic visual representation use, though the curriculum incorporates art elements and recommends geometry software. The integration appears more supplemental than foundational.

Students learn 'one-point perspective drawings' and can use 'geometry software like Geogebra,' with opportunities to learn CAD programs in advanced courses

The curriculum appears to emphasize procedural fluency through incremental practice and continual review in the Saxon tradition. Limited evidence suggests conceptual understanding development through real-life applications and mathematical history integration.

Uses Saxon's incremental approach with 'plenty of practice and continual review' and includes 'at least one problem with a real-life application of math' in most practice sets