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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who diagnosed this in your kid? Math instruction is so poor that I would not assume that a kid struggling in math has a learning disability. My kid is average in math but does horribly with the current instructional approach (all on the computer, no structure to the class, no emphasis on math facts, waste time in class getting kids to work in groups to be creative). When he does [b]1:1 tutoring[/b] with more traditional approaches he does fine. [/quote]

Individual instruction is always more efficient than large group instruction, PP. In the olden days (and sometimes not so olden days), rich kids had tutors and governesses: my mother and her sisters had a governess, my uncle had a tutor. Group instruction emerged as a cost-effective way to educate the masses, because it's better than nothing. That's all. This isn't necessarily an indictment of any particular school curriculum. Now your child could also have a piss-poor math curriculum or attention issues or learning disabilities that make him less able to follow along in class. A lot of kids with ADHD need tutors. Mine did...

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