HappyGrace Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 And what would be considered more advanced? (For instance, is Algebra in 8th advanced or average?) This is generally speaking, in the United States. I'm sorry-I did ask this over a year ago, and even printed it out, but now I can't find the post OR the printout! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morosophe Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Since your last post was one of the "recommended" ones on the bottom of the page, here you go: http://welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36472 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 I'm always intrigued by these sequences, because my high school did things different! I never took a "pre-calc" class, and they lumped trig with Alg 2. So I took algebra in 9th, geometry in 10th, algebra2/trig in 11th, and calculus in 12th. If my mom had remembered that they had a program to advance you in 6th grade to 7th grade math (my brother and sister did this, but I was several years later and could have done it, but the program wasn't really advertised), I could have done algebra in 8th by being taken over to the high school for math class (my mom would have had to drive me). Then I could have done the sequence quicker and done calculus in 11th and calc3/diff.eq. at the local college in 12th. Though as it was, I was the only freshman in my calc3/diff.eq. classes when I went to college. :tongue_smilie: So is it uncommon to have algebra2/trig combined these days? We had a book that said that on it, so it was officially combined somewhere. :lol: I do remember seeing some kids with pre-calc books. I think the typical sequence was to do pre-calc in 12th for the average student. The advanced students skipped pre-calc and did algebra2/trig instead. The really advanced students who had gotten into that program mentioned above just did the advanced track a year early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyGrace Posted June 1, 2011 Author Share Posted June 1, 2011 Since your last post was one of the "recommended" ones on the bottom of the page, here you go: URGH-I searched and searched for that thread! :banghead: Thank you!!! (Wow-that thread was THREE years ago, not one year!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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