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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow Op back. This thread evolved into something I did not intend it to evolve into. For those who are saying that I am trying to manipulate the thread by posting and not identifying myself, you are welcome to ask Jeff to check. I gave my son the AOPs test and he got 100% of the questions right. He had 36 problems assigned on Friday due Monday and he finished them all. We found answers on quizlet and all but 3 are correct (assuming that quizlet is correct). His says his issue is that all the quizzes are pop quizzes and he gets anxious and forgets the definitions of functions. They have 20 minutes for quizzes. I will get him a tutor and make sure that they check for gaps in his foundational skills. [/quote]

That’s just bizarre to check your son’s precalculus homework by looking for problems and answers on quizlet. Yet he did 100% on AOPS, but forgets definitions of functions. OP’s story is really strange.[/quote]

That’s the issue with accelerating kids in math when they shouldn’t be. You have a student getting all As in all honors Algebra 1, Geometry and Algebra 2, and get to honors precalculus, but can’t remember the definition of a function, a concept taught in pre-algebra. Im not surprised he’s getting a D so far, [b]the real question is how did he get As in previous honors classes.[/b][/quote]

Indeed. But then again, this kind of uneveness in performance from one teacher to the next or from the classroom to a standardized national or state exam is rampant in MCPS due to grade inflation or just the variability of teachers doing things in different ways.[/quote]

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