melmichigan Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 (edited) I just wanted to update since my DD was one I was hesitant to try AoPS with. We are now in week seven. She likes the discovery approach and has asked if she can continue with the classes. She has completed over 460 problems on Alcumus, officially passed all the Prealgebra topics currently listed, and is working to finish mastering them. (I am only considering them mastered if her percentage is greater than 80%.) I hope this keeps up. :party: Edited October 13, 2011 by melmichigan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serendipitous journey Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 :party::party::party: ... hurrah! I'm following AoPS reports these days ... am so glad to hear it's going well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tattarrattat Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 :thumbup: Thanks for the update. Sounds great! Happy for her! My DS also loves AoPS and Alcumus too, though currently he's doing another AoPS book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Yay!!! Thanks for the update! I don't know what it is about Alcumus - my dd likes it more than the book. There is so much enthusiasm for Alcumus around here that I had to open accounts for both ds8s (though I'm not sure how far they'll get, LOL). Generally, wheels are turning and dd is learning a lot!!! She is starting to feel more proud of herself when she finds answers. We're still working on writing things down - as in, writing expressions line-by-line. Her version of "showing work" is a scratch paper approach with a separate list of answers, and it drives me nuts, though once in a while she'll write it correctly on the scratch paper. I keep showing her how I want to see it written in the hope that it'll sink in eventually. She has another developmental vision evaluation next week; pathetically, I'm almost hoping that something fixable is the obstacle to the writing (she has focusing and vision processing issues), though I'm guessing it's more of a strong-willed personality/maturity issue :glare:. Overall, I'm still happy we're using this book - it wasn't my original plan (she may not be the poster child for AoPS that her younger brother would seem to be), but so far my particular reasons are still holding up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in SW WA Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcab Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Terrific! I love Alcumus too. :001_smile: I've been browsing AOPS prealgebra threads over here recently - trying to sort out whether to buy the book or stick with just Alcumus. I've started DS on Alcumus sometimes afterschool, as my attempt to give him more meaty problems than most in his school-based prealgebra class. Do you think that the book gives more challenging problems, or are they similar? Something about that reward structure at Alcumus is just right - DS loves accumulating points & passing topics. Ahhh, and so do I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merylvdm Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Glad to hear all the positive feedback! I run a math club for 4th-8th in our homeschool group and have just registered as a teacher on Alcumus and I asked the kids to sign up. I am hoping they will love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmichigan Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 DD has mastered all the Prealgebra topics on Alcumus and PM'd RR to see when he will be adding more! :D Now she's trying for the leader board. Someone remind me that this child does not like math please! I keep thinking I woke up in the wrong household. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowbeltmom Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 DD has mastered all the Prealgebra topics on Alcumus and PM'd RR to see when he will be adding more! :D That is fantastic!:party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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