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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My controversial hot take is that high school is when you should stop worrying about “mild dyscalculia” and just accept that math isn’t your kid’s strongest subject. Do what you need to do to keep their grades decent but doesn’t make a ton of sense to focus all your money and time on their weakest subject. [/quote]

op - 100% agree; this is primarily to shore things up so he can pass math / or it doesn't sink his gpa.[/quote]

What is the main issue you think? Is he missing assignments, getting low scores, or something else? For filling in gaps I think Mathnasium is good albeit expensive. For actually keeping up with the curriculum he may need extra repetition which is easier to do with a tutor. There is definitely a wealth of resources out there like Khan and IXL but the hard part is coordination with the curriculum he is learning at the time. Not sure what class he is taking now but you can also consider repeating. (we are repeating algebra in 9th.) [/quote]

I'm the IXL commenter.  It's actually not too hard to line up current schoolwork with IXL or Khan.  You just have to have titled lessons, chapters, headers from your kid's lesson plan, digital textbook, or real book.  You must know math vocabulary words.  However, IXL has a complete index of topics (with modules) for every grade level.  Many of them repeat and get harder at the next level.  So if your kid can't handle a 7th grade module, you can look for the same header in the 5th grade area.  It isn't hard for a person who is college-educated.

If you can't figure it out, send printouts or pictures of the lesson list to your kid's teacher and ask them to identify the matching titles.[/quote]

You’re assuming that the teacher actually has a coherent syllabus that can tell you what the kids are supposed to be learning when, that you can access in legible form. Sometimes this isn’t possible. But asking the teacher to match up the lesson with IXL isn’t a bad idea. [/quote]

PP.  I understand.  That's why I gave a last ditch idea.  Another is using Google Lens or maybe AI and asking it to identify the problem types in the kid's homework.  Which brings me to another suggestion.  Kids are using AI to create extra practice problems "like" an example.  So they can get more practice sheets made through generative AI.

I also miss logically structured, printed textbooks with lessons ordered and studied sequentially.[/quote]

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