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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, I'm looking at BA offerings and I'm torn about what to do about books and placement, as I've been exposing him to stuff that spans different grade levels. A lot of level 1 looks too easy but some might be good to practice/review. I think he'd place somewhere in level 2 but has tackled things covered in 3 and 4. So what books to order if any? And I'm assuming the annual membership allows one to move at their own pace? [/quote] In that case, you should do the online platform. He could start at 2, move quickly through the material that he already knows, and spend more time with the stuff he hasn't yet seen when he reaches 3 and 4.[/quote] Thanks, I'll do that. I like supporting him to keep learning, but I do wonder what then happens when he's very far ahead. What do your kids do in class? Do they get differentiated instruction? [/quote] I mean what do they do in math class at school to avoid boredom.[/quote] Since they put them on computers a lot of the time, I've taught my kid to surreptitiously work on Alcumus problems instead of ST Math.[/quote] What is ST Math? Is Alcumus another platform that you have to pay for yourself? Looks like it's linked to AOPs? [/quote] Alcumus is a large database of math problems freely accessible via the AoPS website. Note that the level of difficulty starts at a prealgebra level and up, so it would not be usable by the overwhelming majority of elementary school students. ST math is a computer tool that FCPS bought and uses for elementary kids as part of their math screen time.[/quote] I agree that calculus isn't appropriate for most elementary school students, but the first few topics are arithmetic (addition, multiplication, subtraction, division), order of operations, multiples, divisibility, and other stuff seen in elementary school. If the user sets their difficulty to "easy" in settings, an elementary student could definitely use it productively [quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, I'm looking at BA offerings and I'm torn about what to do about books and placement, as I've been exposing him to stuff that spans different grade levels. A lot of level 1 looks too easy but some might be good to practice/review. I think he'd place somewhere in level 2 but has tackled things covered in 3 and 4. So what books to order if any? And I'm assuming the annual membership allows one to move at their own pace? [/quote] In that case, you should do the online platform. He could start at 2, move quickly through the material that he already knows, and spend more time with the stuff he hasn't yet seen when he reaches 3 and 4.[/quote] Thanks, I'll do that. I like supporting him to keep learning, but I do wonder what then happens when he's very far ahead. What do your kids do in class? Do they get differentiated instruction? [/quote] I mean what do they do in math class at school to avoid boredom.[/quote] Since they put them on computers a lot of the time, I've taught my kid to surreptitiously work on Alcumus problems instead of ST Math.[/quote] Wouldn't the teacher notice him doing alcumus and not st math, either by looking at his screen or from reviewing the data of which ST math lessons he (hasn't) completed?[/quote]
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