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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AoPS is asking the kids to think independently about creative ways to solve problems using all the prior skills they may or may not have learned. For example, in pre algebra, there are problems where you have to realize that you can substitute unknown variables for other unknown variables and get an answer that way. Your child has to be creative enough to take risks and think. Many of the questions have multiple solutions but many also incorporate strategies that are not taught. My DC struggles because she wants rules and is afraid to be creative. She will say, but we never learned that! And my answer is, that is the point. To think with logic, using what you know. Net: it is not something to MAKE your child do to get ahead or catch up. And yes, there are questions that took me hours to figure out![/quote]
most kids struggle with the basics so this isn't all that helpful when they can't add or subtract[/quote]

Then, you get some workbooks or do something like Kumon.  The discussion isn't about kids who are struggling but usually AOPS is used for kids to get ahead or in more dept than some schools/teachers provide.[/quote]

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