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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s less about how hard the subject is, and more about how organized they are in middle school. If the kid won’t do his homework or study with any basic effort then it stinks to miss out on what for most bright kids should be a straightforward A for the high school transcript. [/quote]

Hard disagree. I'm with the poster who said there's a brain development step you cannot predict that helps students process higher level math concepts. The same kind of brain development I firmly think also helps with computer science concepts like recursion. Pushing those too early is just painful and doesn't accomplish much, where as after the brain development step they are easy.[/quote]

I've heard this fairy tale of "brain development" so many times. Even from math teachers who should know better.
It sounds to me to be similarly pseudo-scientific as [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhgwIhB58PA]"learning styles"[/url] or the "growth mindset" BS that's so prevalent in our schools - both never verified BS hypotheses.[/quote]

Haven't read the research. But I do believe there are likely some late blooming math thinkers. What about kids who have ADHD? Their minds don't develop the same as a neurotypical student's. The subject of this article is a shining example of someone who came to math late, academically speaking, and subsequently excelled.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/june-huh-high-school-dropout-wins-the-fields-medal-20220705/[/quote]

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