Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As a participant of both RSM and Mathnasium, I personally think that Mathnasium is better for the learning experience as students have a motive to do the work. Although it might not be the same for everyone, if you want your child to learn something and be ahead of the school curriculum while effectively spending your money, Mathnasium is definitely better. RSM puts your kid into a plain classroom with depriving nature. Mathnasium has the experience of a bright friendly classroom with prizes to earn with the way to get to them being completing the worksheets and learning math. Students at RSM can skip most of their work as teachers will not always check them and students will copy off of others as they are all in the same packet and "scary" teachers to whom they are scared to ask help for. Mathnasium is lively and the instructors are younger and more approachable for help as well as diverse skill levels among the tables to effectively stop cheating and copying. I hope this helps!
What RSM did you go to because it sounds awful. That has not been DS experience. DS enjoyed his classes and has never complained about the Teachers. I would have complained to the school if he had reported anything like what you are discussing.
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know even a rough estimate of the costs of RSM and Mathnasirim?
Anonymous wrote:As a participant of both RSM and Mathnasium, I personally think that Mathnasium is better for the learning experience as students have a motive to do the work. Although it might not be the same for everyone, if you want your child to learn something and be ahead of the school curriculum while effectively spending your money, Mathnasium is definitely better. RSM puts your kid into a plain classroom with depriving nature. Mathnasium has the experience of a bright friendly classroom with prizes to earn with the way to get to them being completing the worksheets and learning math. Students at RSM can skip most of their work as teachers will not always check them and students will copy off of others as they are all in the same packet and "scary" teachers to whom they are scared to ask help for. Mathnasium is lively and the instructors are younger and more approachable for help as well as diverse skill levels among the tables to effectively stop cheating and copying. I hope this helps!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There are many threads on this on DCUM. Use regular Google to find them.
I am not in the DMV area. I have paid for Mathnasium for middle school and high school skill remediation.
Mathnasium is appropriate for remediation. It works well for kids who don't like math. It doesn't have homework. I don't see a problem with the tutor to student ratio. I didn't need my kids to have continuous 1:1 tutoring and kids spend a lot of time doing math so don't need to be watched every minute while completing worksheets.
From what I read on this site, RSM and AOPS are good for kids who like math and want to do the added enrichment work. People rarely talk about using those programs to remediate.
Mathnasium has a mix of kids who are trying to catch up with their grade level and kids who are trying to move beyond their grade level. What both groups have in common is that their parents are making them go.
Not true. Lots of younger kids enjoy RSM and AoPS. Mine is signed up for summer session and I asked if he wanted to try something else or take a break next school year and he insisted I sign him up because it’s so good.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There are many threads on this on DCUM. Use regular Google to find them.
I am not in the DMV area. I have paid for Mathnasium for middle school and high school skill remediation.
Mathnasium is appropriate for remediation. It works well for kids who don't like math. It doesn't have homework. I don't see a problem with the tutor to student ratio. I didn't need my kids to have continuous 1:1 tutoring and kids spend a lot of time doing math so don't need to be watched every minute while completing worksheets.
From what I read on this site, RSM and AOPS are good for kids who like math and want to do the added enrichment work. People rarely talk about using those programs to remediate.
Mathnasium has a mix of kids who are trying to catch up with their grade level and kids who are trying to move beyond their grade level. What both groups have in common is that their parents are making them go.
Anonymous wrote:Mathnasium is worksheets with a 6:1 ratio (although it was much higher when we toured). It seemed like a huge rip off to me. RSM seems like legit enrichment.
When you tour either, ask to see the actual materials your kid will be using to make sure they're at the right level.
Anonymous wrote:There are many threads on this on DCUM. Use regular Google to find them.
I am not in the DMV area. I have paid for Mathnasium for middle school and high school skill remediation.
Mathnasium is appropriate for remediation. It works well for kids who don't like math. It doesn't have homework. I don't see a problem with the tutor to student ratio. I didn't need my kids to have continuous 1:1 tutoring and kids spend a lot of time doing math so don't need to be watched every minute while completing worksheets.
From what I read on this site, RSM and AOPS are good for kids who like math and want to do the added enrichment work. People rarely talk about using those programs to remediate.