Today I have found that my 14 year old son, who is doing Algebra, has run into a hole in his understanding. So next week, we will be doing a review of dividing with decimals. Daniel has Asperger's Syndrome. Some place AS on the autism spectrum. He is intelligent but has some quirks in his personality and also some things that make learning challenging. One thing that has been difficult over the years is his memory is spotty. One day, he may show a mastery of something. The next, he will look at a review of the same material, *KNOW* that he knew it the day before, but all his understanding is gone. It is as if he never learned it. It has been so hard on him when this happens. It makes him angry and frustrated and he feels stupid--which he is NOT!

On Monday, we will use Time4Learning to review division with decimals. I don't think that this is one of those "spotty memory" moments. Instead, I think he needs, simply, to review something he was never that strong in. So this should help a lot. The question is...will DANIEL like it? He is very computer and "video screen" oriented. He will be a tough customer.

My desire, to be honest, is to be able to use Time4Learning for Daniel on a regular basis--like once or twice a week. I would love for it to be his idea.

So...we will see what happens on Monday!

I have a 14 yo neurotypical son, also an algebra student, and I tutor another NT in algebra. Many students are like your son. The girl I am tutoring is very weak in fractions and negative numbers (ignoring the sign). My son has improved in both his fractions and negatives, but makes a large number of random mistakes when he is learning new material. I think it is smart to go back and focus on what is troubling the student before moving on. I can do that with my son, but the algebra student I tutor is in public school. I sent her a link to a site with online fractions for practice. Hopefully, she played with it over the weekend.[Winkani]