tiffanyandgreg Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 I have been using CTC math for over a year with 3 of my kids. It will be time to renew in a couple of months and I wanted to see if anyone can give me feedback if you have used both programs and the pros and cons of both. My oldest (going into 6th grade next year) is not bad in math, but it is not her strongest, and she is not confident in it. She needs more review that what CTC gives, but I do have her redo lessons and skip around so she is getting some review that way. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Personally I wouldn't use either program as a stand alone with a student that needs plenty of review. I would give a placement test and put her into a program with consistent built in review. I assume you are using a computer based system partially because you need them to function fairly independently? You might look at CLE. The worbooks are written to the student and it incorporates a LOT of review.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Personally I wouldn't use either program as a stand alone with a student that needs plenty of review. I would give a placement test and put her into a program with consistent built in review. I assume you are using a computer based system partially because you need them to function fairly independently? You might look at CLE. The worbooks are written to the student and it incorporates a LOT of review.... I whole-heartedly agree. You have many options. Find somethign else like Saxon or CLE that has review built in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiffanyandgreg Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 We used CLE up until last year as my daughter....HATED school because of math. She finally LOVES school since we switched to CTC, but I think she would benefit from more review. When we used CLE I did cross some problems off as the amount overwhelmed her too. She also scored 90% or higher and still does, but math does not come naturally for her. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 We used CLE up until last year as my daughter....HATED school because of math. She finally LOVES school since we switched to CTC, but I think she would benefit from more review. When we used CLE I did cross some problems off as the amount overwhelmed her too. She also scored 90% or higher and still does, but math does not come naturally for her. Well if she is really liking CTC then I wouldn't switch to TT. If she really hated CLE then that won't be helpful, either, which is a shame since there is sooo much review in that program. Hmmm.... The main thing is just needing more built in review but she does better with computer based? I don't know. Hopefully someone else will have a better suggestion. I found with my own kids that just doing Khan or TT wasn't enough review at all. I've heard that CTC is the same. DD does CLE with supplements from other sources and DS does TT with supplements from Math In Focus and Beast Academy for more depth but that won't help your situation. Hopefully someone else will have a good suggestion for easily incorporated sources to help with review or a better computer based option but I don't think switching to TT from CTC will get you there. Sorry I can't come up with something better. Hugs and good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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