I also noticed when I have showed him something new in math: he has understood after a few problems. When I have asked him to replicate what I showed him on another day- he could and would, but no more than 5-6 problems. I'm guessing this will be a problem at school.
Ugh... yes. We've been er-- livin' the dream in this regard for many years now.
I just about went BALLISTIC when the school proposed a new change whereby students would be required to submit their practice problems in addition to completing all of the assigned assessments (those are daily).
DD doesn't do the practice problems. She does a few of the "challenge" level problems. When we force the issue.
Clearly her basic understanding of concepts is relatively unimpaired by this lack of dedication to drill and kill, since she's earned stellar marks and is a popular and uber-capable peer tutor at this point.
It's just so obvious sometimes that the standard operating procedure is toxic for some kids. SO obvious.
