DC's careless math mistakes

[Anonymous]

I am th pp who would place the bet with my child that his homework was 100% correct. I also had him explain to me how HE checked his work. When he simply looked at his work, he wasn't seeing the mistakes. I suggested he repeat the math problem on a separate piece of paper (while hiding the original) and then check the answer and compare it to his original. If the answer was the same, it was probably correct. If different, it needs to be done a third time.

[Anonymous]

My 7 yo was rushing his homework so he could get some screen time. Guess what, no screen time no rush M-Th. Of course, my husband doesn't always agree, which doesn't help. But, usually he is not around to let ds get away with this (happens when I'm out of town). i do know this will get harder to enforce when he is older but if he gets in the habit now maybe I have a chance?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kumon will fix this.

Not a Kumon fan. Boring and expensive. You can get much better/valuable IN YOUR OWN HOME for this price and less.

The fact that they would not or could not explain their theory of cognition and learning to me raised a big fat red flag. They also explained that they do not do instruction--if a child has a conceptual misunderstanding, they do not "instruct" to that. So... yeah.

[Anonymous]

IXL, try it

[Anonymous]

03/05/2015 16:35 Subject: DC's careless math mistakes
Anonymous



Anonymous wrote:
Understanding and mastery are different.

I'm not sure that's right.

Anonymous wrote:
Math errors like this mean the student is not getting enough practice.

Or it means they are bored, or it suggests attention issues, or it means that they have way too many problems and the kid's concentration broke down two pages ago.

Again, practice is very important. Getting it right has to be important. Having the concentration and grit to power-through what's boring. The child has to care to truly excel in a subject. Unfortunately I'm not sure you can teach this, they have to want it. Signed ~ mother of a stem doctoral student

[Anonymous]

Math is boring. Math takes time we'd rather spend with other things. If she understands and just makes careless mistakes because...well she doesn't care...it's okay. Let her know, tell her where she went wrong and encourage her to be a bit slower and care a bit more to see what might happen. Don't overreact though. It doesn't even sound like she needs a tutor...more like she needs motivation. Is it only the homework or also tests and exams? If it's only homework I'd totally not bother. If it's tests also she'd be better off minimizing the mistakes which will probably work with just enough motivation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Math is boring. Math takes time we'd rather spend with other things. If she understands and just makes careless mistakes because...well she doesn't care...it's okay. Let her know, tell her where she went wrong and encourage her to be a bit slower and care a bit more to see what might happen. Don't overreact though. It doesn't even sound like she needs a tutor...more like she needs motivation. Is it only the homework or also tests and exams? If it's only homework I'd totally not bother. If it's tests also she'd be better off minimizing the mistakes which will probably work with just enough motivation.

People like you are the reason Americans are falling behind the rest of the world in technology! Math is not boring you asshole. She better damn well care how to do math. But, I guess you would rather your daughter make her living pole dancing, because that is so much more fun!