Math Accommodations- Formulas

[Anonymous]

Hello,

My son has accommodations at a private school and this is the first year he's struggled in math due to the need to memorize formulas. Is it a common to ask for an accommodation that allows for a formula sheet or will he need to compensate with additional studying?

[Anonymous]

That seems like a bridge too far.

[Anonymous]

I don't think so. Some kids have trouble with memorization. It's not like in the real world you need to memorize formulas.

[Anonymous]

I have never seen that accommodation. The recommendation we got (in public) was to memorize or to drop to a lower level math.

[Anonymous]

I have seen it in some private schools and not others. If it's an accommodation your school offers, then you can ask for it. They may ask to have the tester that you used weigh in.

At the schools I know, kids need to figure out the formulas they will need, and copy them onto an index card that is approved by a teacher. They don't get a formula sheet made by someone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have seen it in some private schools and not others. If it's an accommodation your school offers, then you can ask for it. They may ask to have the tester that you used weigh in.

At the schools I know, kids need to figure out the formulas they will need, and copy them onto an index card that is approved by a teacher. They don't get a formula sheet made by someone else.

How about on the SAT?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have seen it in some private schools and not others. If it's an accommodation your school offers, then you can ask for it. They may ask to have the tester that you used weigh in.

At the schools I know, kids need to figure out the formulas they will need, and copy them onto an index card that is approved by a teacher. They don't get a formula sheet made by someone else.

How about on the SAT?

I certainly hope not! Come on.

[Anonymous]

HS Math teacher: This is a super common accommodation in public school. It's already standard practice to give all kids a formula sheet on the state tests and the SATs have a formula sheet embedded in the software. The only addition is making sure the kids get to use those formula sheets on all class assessments/assignments.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have seen it in some private schools and not others. If it's an accommodation your school offers, then you can ask for it. They may ask to have the tester that you used weigh in.

At the schools I know, kids need to figure out the formulas they will need, and copy them onto an index card that is approved by a teacher. They don't get a formula sheet made by someone else.

How about on the SAT?

Go to page 32. The formulas are given to all students.

https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/sat-practice-test-1-digital.pdf

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have seen it in some private schools and not others. If it's an accommodation your school offers, then you can ask for it. They may ask to have the tester that you used weigh in.

At the schools I know, kids need to figure out the formulas they will need, and copy them onto an index card that is approved by a teacher. They don't get a formula sheet made by someone else.

How about on the SAT?

I certainly hope not! Come on.

Oh no, lets not mess with the integrity of the SAT 🙄

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have seen it in some private schools and not others. If it's an accommodation your school offers, then you can ask for it. They may ask to have the tester that you used weigh in.

At the schools I know, kids need to figure out the formulas they will need, and copy them onto an index card that is approved by a teacher. They don't get a formula sheet made by someone else.

How about on the SAT?

I certainly hope not! Come on.

Oh no, lets not mess with the integrity of the SAT 🙄

Look, giving only some kids the formulas is obviously a bridge too far. If any kids get them all kids should.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have seen it in some private schools and not others. If it's an accommodation your school offers, then you can ask for it. They may ask to have the tester that you used weigh in.

At the schools I know, kids need to figure out the formulas they will need, and copy them onto an index card that is approved by a teacher. They don't get a formula sheet made by someone else.

How about on the SAT?

I certainly hope not! Come on.

Oh no, lets not mess with the integrity of the SAT 🙄

Look, giving only some kids the formulas is obviously a bridge too far. If any kids get them all kids should.

Your opinion, I disagree and apparently they do too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have seen it in some private schools and not others. If it's an accommodation your school offers, then you can ask for it. They may ask to have the tester that you used weigh in.

At the schools I know, kids need to figure out the formulas they will need, and copy them onto an index card that is approved by a teacher. They don't get a formula sheet made by someone else.

How about on the SAT?

I certainly hope not! Come on.

Oh no, lets not mess with the integrity of the SAT 🙄

Look, giving only some kids the formulas is obviously a bridge too far. If any kids get them all kids should.

All kids do get them on standardized tests.

[Anonymous]

I would ask for one, it sounds perfectly reasonable. I use statistics on a regular basis but I don't have to recall the formulas for what I am doing from memory. I am using a computer program that does the actual calculation or I can look up the formula. Even if I think I know the formula, I double check that I have it correct so that my calculations are correct. I provided a formula sheet for the research methodology class that I taught because I fail to see the point of memorizing a formula. What matters is that the student understands when to use the formula and can use the formula properly. A sheet of formulas is fine.

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Anonymous wrote:I have seen it in some private schools and not others. If it's an accommodation your school offers, then you can ask for it. They may ask to have the tester that you used weigh in.

At the schools I know, kids need to figure out the formulas they will need, and copy them onto an index card that is approved by a teacher. They don't get a formula sheet made by someone else.

How about on the SAT?

I certainly hope not! Come on.

Oh no, lets not mess with the integrity of the SAT 🙄

Look, giving only some kids the formulas is obviously a bridge too far. If any kids get them all kids should.

All kids do get them on standardized tests.

Not on all AP tests.