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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our son was having difficulty in algebra and we put him in mathnasium. Like you, we were originally frustrated because what he was doing in mathnasium did not line up with what he was doing at school and not really helping him on tests and quizzes. I spoke to mathnasium and they told us to email them what he is working on prior to his sessions and they would help him with similar material.

I can’t remember when it was in the year but he caught up at some point where his mathnasium material matched the work he was doing at school and he got an A+ on his final.

We literally sent our son every available slot we could put him in. I want to say he went 3x per week.

My friend also put her son in mathnasium. He ended up with a B. Without mathnasium, he may have gotten a C or D.

What I do like about mathnasium is that they do assessments and can tell you where you are weak and need to work on. By the end of the school year, my son was doing well on mathnasium assessments and also in school.[/quote]

I am the PP not from DMV on Page 1.  This poster's experience tracks with mine.  Mathnasium is a franchise and that comes with standardized ways of assessing kids as well as practice materials.  However, the company's values seem to be kid friendly and as I've mentioned and poster above mentioned, you can get customized assistance if you ask for it.  Make sure your kids are showing their textbook unit, web textbook, coursepack, and homework to the Mathnasium staff and ask that the practices blend foundational material and "right now" material.

If you have your kids do IXL, their assessment will very likely show what Mathnasium's does (e.g., weakness with multiplying fractions).  Since Mathnasium doesn't prescribe homework, you have to get it elsewhere.

My dad paid my younger sister by the problem to do enriched math and she ended up being a civil engineer, LOL.  Wish there was an incentive program like that when I was a kid suffering through Robert Frost Middle's crappy pre-algebra class in distracting open concept (no walls) floorplan with sourpuss teacher.[/quote]

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