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Ok, I know this question/ concept will go past 3 as well. But I have a question re: word problems. Frequently they use a sort of bar diagram in the home instr. manual to show a way to solve the problem. My son is fairly math intuative and gets it w/o the diagram. But I am seeing later that they are referring to these diagrams as a stepping stone for other concepts/ solutions. Do we need to be working on this bar diagram as a way to solve word problems b/c it builds on it in the future when the math gets tougher?

 

Also, if he gets 99% of the answers correct - do you make them show their work?

 

Thanks much!

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We're just starting PM3 so I'm interested in the answers you get about the bar diagrams.

 

As far as showing work...I'm a huge stickler on this. I make my ds show all of his work. Mainly, this is because I tutor high school and college math students and they are so sloppy about showing their work which leads them to get the wrong answer often. I get so weary of beating them over the head with, "if you'd shown your work properly, you wouldn't have made x mistake." Therefore, I see it as teaching my ds good habits young so that they will be solid by the time he gets to Algebra. When my ds complains, I tell him we can give Miss Hannah a call (his former babysitter and my former student who is off at college) to discuss how important it is.

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Ok, I know this question/ concept will go past 3 as well. But I have a question re: word problems. Frequently they use a sort of bar diagram in the home instr. manual to show a way to solve the problem. My son is fairly math intuative and gets it w/o the diagram. But I am seeing later that they are referring to these diagrams as a stepping stone for other concepts/ solutions. Do we need to be working on this bar diagram as a way to solve word problems b/c it builds on it in the future when the math gets tougher?

 

Also, if he gets 99% of the answers correct - do you make them show their work?

 

Thanks much!

 

Make him do the work, please. Save yourself the headache of getting to the later levels where there are 2-4 step processes, so they can't do it in their heads but they have never learned to do the diagramming, so they can't "see" where they need to go.

 

I let my oldest slide by, and regret it now. My younger kids are showing all their work, or I hand it back to them for them to write it out.

 

Heather

 

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Make him do the work, please. Save yourself the headache of getting to the later levels where there are 2-4 step processes, so they can't do it in their heads but they have never learned to do the diagramming, so they can't "see" where they need to go.

 

 

 

:iagree:

Singapore uses the bar method all the way through the primary books. The problems just get harder. :)

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Make him do the work, please. Save yourself the headache of getting to the later levels where there are 2-4 step processes, so they can't do it in their heads but they have never learned to do the diagramming, so they can't "see" where they need to go.

 

I let my oldest slide by, and regret it now. My younger kids are showing all their work, or I hand it back to them for them to write it out.

 

Heather

 

:iagree:

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