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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How on earth are you getting your middle and high schoolers to sit in a Chair and concentrate and do an assignment!? My 15 year old would never in a million years do something that I requested her to do like this. And that is even with Ritalin. What is it like to have a compliant child!?[/quote]

I'm the PP who wrote the long post above about IXL.  My kids are neurotypical.  And as I said, I was unable to get them to do the IXL independently.  When they were assigned it as summer homework by their public middle school, I had to put them on our boring desktop computer and sit on a couch behind them and look up every 5 minutes or so to make sure they were doing the modules.  That's before I was investigating remediating their skills.  The remediation was a late-pandemic move when I realized that both of my boys lacked important math concepts.  And my older one was heading into high school honors math and I didn't want him to stumble freshman year.  I personally had a math failure in 7th grade that pushed me back a class year.  I also was one of those kids that never internalized the math despite getting good grades.  I did terrible on the SAT math and that cost me some pride and probably scholarship money.  So I was committed to doing better for my kids.[/quote]

Oohhhhhh.  Neurotypical. Yeah this would not work with my kids. Also, good for you. [/quote]

iXL PP --you are hanging out on this board because ___________? [/quote]

Because my sucking at math in middle school and my kids struggling with math cost me a lot of confidence in myself and money spent on tutoring and training.  So I will share anything I can with anyone who asks for help.  Assessment of math skills is a pretty neutral topic since everyone is trying to help their kid master the same skills.  The above commenter is correct about NT kids having difficulties with loosely-structured curriculums, widely varying teaching methods, learning loss, etc.  Not to mention difficulties with using learning management systems like Canvas.

I read the Recent Topics list and am open to any subject that I find interesting.  I have posted about math tutoring on several other forums on here.

Someone mentioned above that Mathnasium may not be suitable for kids with learning disabilities. They are owner-operated franchises so the vibe can be location-specific. The one near us has a pretty calm, pleasant environment. And they are patient.  However, it would be unlikely to have a tutor who is professionally trained like a public school teacher or a resource specialist would be to recognize certain types of learning blocks. They don't pay enough for that from what I have read. [/quote]

PP here who appreciates your feedback. I think you are welcome here, just maybe put up front the basis for your advice! And realize that what works for your kids may not work for ours the same way. But I do think esp with math you have a useful perspective. [/quote]

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