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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A1h includes a fair number of algebra 2 standards, and *should* include more critical thinking and analysis. There is zero accountability though, so every school (sometimes even individual teachers) run things differently. Your beat bet is to talk to your child’s 7th grade teacher.

Example in the standards: Functions
Algebra 1: find the range given a domain, write the domain/range in set notation
Algebra 1H: same as above, plus find the domain given the range, write the domain/range in interval notation

In day to day classes, what my A1 students do is a lot more practice: here’s a graph, what’s f(2)? Here’s the input values, tell me the output values. I approach with a discovery mindset, but then there is a ton of practice. My algebra 1 honors students do a lot more puzzling (we zip through the basics). Is it possible for a function to only have one value in the range? What does that look like? Can you draw a function where the range is {x|2<x<5} and the range is {y|y=2,3,4}? What is a real life scenario that might be modeled by this?

That’s just my classes though—it looks very different at different schools, so ASK the teacher what the best placement is.[/quote]

Thank you[/quote]

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