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[quote=Anonymous]As a parent of a very smart kid with ADHD, I can tell you that “show yourself work” is remarkably awful for a kid like him. He can’t break down problems that he instantly completes in his head, and if you ask him to, he loses track of where he was as he tries to go backward and pull it apart for the sake of writing it down. He’s super quick in his head (and also correct). It would take him HOURS to show his work on a simple assignment though. His little sister is the same way. I asked her today to follow an assignment about “mental math” of changing numbers around in your head to make calculations easier and she looked at me like I was insane. She just knows how to figure it out and being forced into a specific “strategy” is stifling, not helpful. Strategies are great to learn if you’re struggling with how to master a concept. But if I already know how to tie my shoes, I don’t need to try to learn special strategies to support shoe-tying. My shoes are already tied, thanks. [/quote]

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