Reply to Russian School of Math or AOPS?

Forum Index » Schools and Education General Discussion

Reply to "Russian School of Math or AOPS?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our experience with RSM is that it’s more about learning the algorithm and applying it. I think AoPS may offer a more fundamental understanding of the math [/quote]

We have found RSM to be pretty similar to AoPS but DS is in the Honors class. Time is spent on the algorithm and there is some practice but the homework questions we see are a mix of practice and a mix of application. We saw this in the mid level class last year as well. DS moved from his grade level honors class to the next grade levels up mid level class. There were fewer application questions then there had been in the honors class but the application questions were still there.

The approach is a bit different and the type of questions are very different but both programs offer applications of what the kids are learning. DS choose RSM over AoPS and we know several other families who have made the same choice. I do think that AoPS assumes that kids already know the algorithm or will pick it up quickly while RSM makes sure that kids understand the algorithm as well as application. DS did just fine in AoPS,  we moved to RSM because they were closer and DS wanted an in person class and not an online class. RSM saved is an hour total in commute time. It turns out that DS enjoys RSM more. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics