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I am looking to purchase MUS Zeta materials soon for when dd is finished with Epsilon. I noticed some of the listings for used MUS Zeta student workbooks use the title “Math-u-See Zeta Focus: Decimals and Percents.”
Is this the same as the MUS Zeta student workbook, just with a subtitle? Or is this something different? It seems as though the 2009 and 2013 editions don’t include the Focus part in their titles, just 2004 (and maybe earlier). I don’t want to purchase something only to discover it is not the student workbook or test booklet that I need.
I’m not sure, but if it were me I would call them to make sure materials line up with the different editions.
From the MUS website:
1Q. Just how different are the updated products from the previous edition?
The biggest differences are in Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, and Zeta. These previously had no application and enrichment content, so the new Application & Enrichment pages following each lesson represent all new content (making up 15-20% of the updated Student Workbooks).
Alpha and Beta previously had some enrichment content, called “activities,” which were in the test booklet. Primer had downloadable activities that were available on our website. These were all updated in this release to full Application & Enrichment pages and moved into the Student Workbooks. Beta also has two new Appendices.
All of the Instruction Manuals have new teaching tips, suggestions, and expanded explanations. All of the Instruction Manuals and Student Workbooks have been revised and updated with corrections and other changes that clarified concepts.
We have adjusted the titles of some products. Student Text became Student Workbook. Test Booklet (or Test and Activity Booklet for Alpha and Beta) became Tests. Student Kit became Student Pack. We redesigned covers on all the updated books, added a new and improved Curriculum Sequence page (this document plus the Table of Contents document replace the Scope and Sequence), and an updated How to Use section.
Q. Will the old product align with the new? If I purchase a new Student Pack, will I be able to use my old Instruction Manual?
A. The updated Student Packs are backward-compatible with the content in previous editions. However, there have been significant improvements to both our Instruction and Student Packs. The new content in our Student Packs, such as the Application & Enrichment pages, will not be supported by previous edition Instruction Packs. There is expanded content in the new edition of our Instruction Manuals. Based on customer requests, they were revised to improve our explanations and add more teaching tips. These new manuals also support the additional content added to the Student Packs, such as solutions to the Application & Enrichment pages in the Gamma-Zeta levels. Because of the significant added value, we recommend updating to our improved instruction manuals.
Q. Will there be an issue going from the old product in one level to the new in the next level?
A. No. The new level will contain additional material, but the concepts and content will build on previous content as they always have.
Q. I have an older Instruction Manual and a new Student Workbook with the Application & Enrichment pages. Can I get the solutions for these new pages?
A. As a courtesy to our customers, we’re providing the solutions to the Application & Enrichment pages that follow the Systematic Review pages in the Student Workbook (usually indicated by the letter “G”) for Gamma through Zeta as a pdf. These solutions are available on our Parent Resources page. (Please note, Primer, Alpha, and Beta Application & Enrichment pages don’t have solutions.)
The page this is all on is http://www.mathusee.com/parents/faq/
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