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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem with teaching things multiple ways is some kids need a lot of repetition to reach mastery. My kid didn't need to learn 6 ways to do long division. Kid needed to learn one way and practice practice practice. In our case, it never really stuck, despite trying at home, because kid came home exhausted from school without the ability to engage meaningfully and still struggles with basic math facts as an above average GPA HS student. I don't need to have a degree in education to tell you that approach did not work for my family. I have an advanced degree and I am skilled in critical thinking and observation. Teachers don't always see at home what parents see. [/quote]

How will your child find the method that works best for them if they aren’t taught them? Just because you only learned the traditional algorithm with no understanding of why it works doesn’t mean your child might not be more successful with partial quotient method. We teach a few different ways, and do lots of practice once kids have a method they prefer. But if a kid truly needs a lot of extra practice we can’t provide that extra in the time we have. That’s where you as a parent come in and work with your kid to practice and master. Teachers can’t be every thing to every student.  
Additionally some children really have difficulty memorizing things. It doesn’t mean they aren’t intelligent or can’t be successful. It means that tasks requiring recall are going to be more of a challenge for them. Students all have strengths and weaknesses. There are many kids and adults who struggle with memorization. It’s not your teachers fault that your child has this weakness and if you recognize it then you can help your child learn some compensation strategies.[/quote]

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