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[quote=Anonymous]I’ve got a kid behind in math because of various factors that resulted in him not doing any math work in class or at home for months. Once I determined that he didn’t have any disability related to math (based on neuropsych testing, standardized tests, and talking to his teachers/tutors) I decided that acceleration was the better path for him. Not really “accelerated” in terms of way in front if everyone, but keeping up with a challenging curriculum. I realized that if we slowed down to repeat the lessons he missed he would get nowhere; better to just forge ahead with the curriculum and better support.

Part of this has to do with the horrible curriculum and teachers style at the school. I actually posted on DCUM a few weeks ago trying to understand exactly what pre-algebra is, and I realized that for the most part it’s new skills that don’t depend on anything my kid doesn’t already know or can catch up with on the spot. There was no purpose to delaying starting on equations etc. [/quote]

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