10-28-2018, 09:38 PM
(10-28-2018, 12:12 AM)armstrongsubero Wrote: @dfrecore. You misunderstood me. You can go through all the Khan Academy videos without practicing anything.
Khan changed their format maybe 3 or so years ago, so when you "enroll" you start a class and every so many videos are practice problems and quizzes. It's a full blown curriculum, many homeschooling parents use it exclusively.
Our family using ALEKS and Khan:
I used ALEKS exclusively with my oldest son as his math curriculum. We subscribed 10 months out of 12 for each of his 4 years of high school- so we bought 40 months total. He did all the maths starting from Beg. Alg, I can't remember how many there were back then, but with stats and business math if memory serves, I think he did 7 classes total for 21 credits at TESU- they used to give credit for beg alg. Anyway, he bombed his accuplacer. He studied using khan and did better, but he didn't place into a high enough math to skip their developmental level. Anyway, he didn't hurry and we didn't skip anything, he earned college credit in all, but for whatever reason, it wasn't the best for him.
I, otoh, didn't ever take algebra - in high school I took what we now call pre-algebra and called it a day. So, no math for me at all, but fast forward and in my late 30's I tried to pass stats on ALEKS. I couldn't do it- so switched to Khan, and passed the DSST.
I realize people learn differently, but to assume one curriculum is automatically better for everyone is really not true. If there were one best curriculum, everyone would use it- including the schools- and the curriculum companies would go out of business.
My advice- khan is free, try it. IC is $15 (with code) try it. ALEKS is $20 try it. But at the end of the day, you probably will have to allow yourself time to learn, no matter how you do it.