What level of math should a 14 year old be at?
Asked by hope19smMy 14 year old brother is getting ready to begin his next year of homeschool. He has mild ADHD, and the math program we have been using, put out by Bob Jones University, has proven to be unchallenging, uneedfully confusing in directions, and frankly boring. I would like to find an experience based math program for an 8th grader.
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Answered by devilishblueyes
A 14 year old should be at a Pre-Algebra or Algebra 1 grade level of math. I've taught from probably the same book you are teaching from. The Algebra 1 book is very similar to the Pre-Algebra book that they use the year before. Bob Jones just re-did there books here 1-2 years ago. I believe that if work isn't challenging a student enough you move through it a little quicker to get to stuff that challenges them more. One of my pre-algebra students finished the entire Pre-Algebra book in the school year and in only a little over a month finished the Algebra 1 book, because most the the stuff covered in Algebra 1 recovers what is in Pre-Algebra. If its not challenging to him, move him faster to Geometry or Algebra 2. Also, I think once a person gets to the point of handling basic algebra, I think they can handle basic physics. Much of basic physics is basic algebra. Later on it becomes basic trigonometry, but the majority is basic algebra and it gives algebra a practicality to it. Saxon also makes good books that I believe the public school system uses or A Beka makes school books for Christian schools also. Most math books are boring and the new Bob Jones version is a great improvement over their previous edition. The hard part as a teacher is making it practical, and that usually falls on the teacher's responsibility. Many times as a math teacher to make it interesting you have to think outside the box.
A 14 year old should be at a Pre-Algebra or Algebra 1 grade level of math. I've taught from probably the same book you are teaching from. The Algebra 1 book is very similar to the Pre-Algebra book that they use the year before. Bob Jones just re-did there books here 1-2 years ago. I believe that if work isn't challenging a student enough you move through it a little quicker to get to stuff that challenges them more. One of my pre-algebra students finished the entire Pre-Algebra book in the school year and in only a little over a month finished the Algebra 1 book, because most the the stuff covered in Algebra 1 recovers what is in Pre-Algebra. If its not challenging to him, move him faster to Geometry or Algebra 2. Also, I think once a person gets to the point of handling basic algebra, I think they can handle basic physics. Much of basic physics is basic algebra. Later on it becomes basic trigonometry, but the majority is basic algebra and it gives algebra a practicality to it. Saxon also makes good books that I believe the public school system uses or A Beka makes school books for Christian schools also. Most math books are boring and the new Bob Jones version is a great improvement over their previous edition. The hard part as a teacher is making it practical, and that usually falls on the teacher's responsibility. Many times as a math teacher to make it interesting you have to think outside the box.
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