journey00 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) I have asked the online chat rep many questions but I did not get a clear answer & live chat is not on today. So, I'm hoping someone here can help me. The options for curriculum are: Common Core, MAFS (Florida standards), TEKS, (Texas standards), Ontario (Canada standards). 1. I know I don't need Ontario, and I don't want Common Core so what do I choose? We live in Oklahoma. 2. The current setting is at "no curriculum override" then what curriculum are they doing? Hoping Sweetpea3829 will reply. :) TIA. Edited March 25, 2016 by journey00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Look at the topics and decide which is the best match for your curriculum. I'm using it as a review, so it really didn't matter either way, but I remember having to do that for Mathletics when DD was using Singapore Maths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Gee that is weird. I signed up for this and I do not recall that question. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) Yeah, for review it doesn't matter. I think it is just the order of topics presented in their pre-programmed progression. So whatever. I just picked common core because I don't really care. If you were a school working towards a particular test, that's the only time it would maybe matter. I think you cover the same information regardless. Just the order differs. Edited March 25, 2016 by Meagan S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairProspects Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I don't remember that question either, but I think the default setting is Common Core, so that may be what ours is set on. It doesn't bother us at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MistyMountain Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Mine automatically set at Ontario standards for some reason but I just kept it. The topics it covers is all grade level stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
journey00 Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 Ok, so the Common Core Math is the same as everyone else's math? I thought it was suppose to be bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetpea3829 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I have asked the online chat rep many questions but I did not get a clear answer & live chat is not on today. So, I'm hoping someone here can help me. The options for curriculum are: Common Core, MAFS (Florida standards), TEKS, (Texas standards), Ontario (Canada standards). 1. I know I don't need Ontario, and I don't want Common Core so what do I choose? We live in Oklahoma. 2. The current setting is at "no curriculum override" then what curriculum are they doing? Hoping Sweetpea3829 will reply. :) TIA. Hmmm...you don't HAVE to pick, but to be honest, I'm not entirely sure what the default is, if the setting is at "No curriculum override." I assumed that meant it went through all four curricula...but am not positive. Try asking here at the Prodigy Forum: http://prodigygame.vanillacommunity.com/discussions Also...as far as I understand it...it's actually better to not have an override unless you need it. The game will automatically adjust to the student's ability. This is not always best though. My 8 yr old, for example, was assessed as 2nd grade when he's actually 1st grade. If he played without the override long enough, the game would adjust him appropriately. But...his personality would not tolerate that well, because it would mean getting wrong answers and the world would end if we got too many wrong answers. So I had to put him in the CC 1st grade override. When his math level is actually 2nd grade, I'll remove the override and allow the game to self-adjust. He will conceivably answer more questions correctly and not be frustrated by being presented with material that is above his level. And then of course there's the assignments option. If you select specific assignments, those will populate into the game first. When they run out, the game will default back to the curriculum it is set to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetpea3829 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Ok, so the Common Core Math is the same as everyone else's math? I thought it was suppose to be bad. No...it's not. There's nothing wrong with the math. And it's not "Common Core" math either...I hate hate hate that they call it that. It's conceptual math. And it's solid...when it's taught correctly by people who have been trained effectively. Unfortunately, it was poorly implemented and has been given a bad rap as a result. But the math itself is good. It's based on Singapore Math, which is one of the highest regarded math curriculums within the homeschool realm. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake and Pi Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 I agree with sweetpea. It's better to not do the curriculum override. I think I remember being asked to pick a curriculum (CC/Ontario/etc.) at the very beginning and picked common core, but I have each kid set to no curriculum override. It's pretty cool how the program adjusts. One of my kids "grade level" in the game changed all on it's own recently. The program is pretty good at figuring out what they need to work on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nature girl Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 It might be worth it to go into each of the choices and see which topics are covered for your children's grade level. It was actually interesting to see...there were quite a few differences! But there were no bad choices really, all the topics covered are appropriate for her grade and I figure all the types of problems will be covered at some point, albeit in different grades. (I'm trying to remember, but I think it may actually have been possible to choose whichever topics you want to cover from each set of standards.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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