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My child has no problem with word problems, it's when they purposely make things difficult by making word problems something where a child needs to be an abstract thinker before she or she is developmentally ready and able is frustrating to me. The article about the NY common core applies to the thinking behind the abstract of this type of math, when math is a straightforward subject. [/quote]

I disagree -- both about the subject of the article, and about the Common Core math standards requiring abstract thinking before children are developmentally ready. I think that the Common Core math standards are appropriate to the development of most children. [b]Could you cite some Common Core math standards that you think are not appropriate?[/quote][/b]

My child is good in math but he is dyslexic. Recently, he was given a math assessment containing 6 problems. He came home and told me somewhat proudly, "I am pretty sure I got 5 of the problems right" and when I asked what happened to the six problem, he said, " well I think I understood how to the the equation by looking at it but the question seems confusing to me so I spend too long trying to understand the question, i ended up not doing it." He has mild delayed receptive/expressive language issues. He has always been able to compensate for for it, but it shows up when he is nervous or anxious, it can sometime affect him in test taking situations. But if he hasn't been introduced to a subject before hand, he would look confuse and later without further reinforcements retrieved it form someplace in his brain and master it. [/quote]

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