In the 6 weeks since I started thread, we've been working 3 or 4 nights each week carefully reviewing any missed problems on his Geometry homework and tests. For any problems we must re-visit, he has to show every glorious step so that I can follow exactly what he's doing. And it must be *legible*. To add an extra twinge of pain, when he has to re-work, he must do so from scratch, without the benefit of seeing what he'd done on his first attempt. By going through these exercises, he's starting to recognize the difference in quality when he SLOWS DOWN even slightly.

So far, the remedial work seems to be helping, as he's improved both his homework grade AND his test scores. He still needs to increase the consistency of his work, but he's definitely headed in the right direction.

Again, many thanks to all the support!

Dandy

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