I wish I knew how to figure out if my child is learning in enough depth. Can my son just work through Aleks and get what he needs? He certainly doesn't learn the way I did. Is there some test that can tell me when he really has all those pre-algebra concepts down well enough to move on to algebra?
My husband's 37-year-old boss was never grade skipped and she learned math concepts well enough in public school that she was able to test out of college level calculus right after high school. I think she could probably figure this out, but the highest level math I took was college algebra and that was years ago. I never took calculus. How am I supposed to know if my son is learning concepts in enough depth? I don't think I understood math concepts as well as some people who were more interested in math, but I did well enough on tests that I studied for and then forgot it because I never used it.
All of my son's gifted friends all have parents who are teachers or were teachers at one time and I know they are curious about what we do at home. His friends ask us a lot of questions about what we do for different subjects, and what grade levels he is working at, and I feel good about everything he is learning except for the math. I really do need a math mentor.
