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[quote=Anonymous]Math is really different these days.  If they've been taught a certain method in school, and you present a very different path to the correct answer, it can be really frustrating for kids. I get the need to check up on your kid - there were so many in DS's class last yr - he has ADHD & would fall behind if the teacher wasnt tuned in all the way that day.

I ask DS to teach me how to do a homework problem step by step.  I don't actually wind up saying much - he does the talking. Even if his solution is longer and more beleaguered than I would have done it, I let him move on & do the rest without comment.  I don't watch - just check it at the end.

If he's made a computational error, I just ask him if he's sure those two numbers add to what he's written.  For logic errors, I use the same approach: hmm.  You've divided the numerator, but not the denominator - don't you have to be fair when reducing fractions?  It's all semantics, but I get so much less pushback when I'm not *telling* him stuff.[/quote]

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