Math Perplexity... Advice needed

[King's Kid]

My dd is going into 9th grade and is bright and capable in math. However, she dislikes it; she'd much rather go outside and play, fool around on the computer, etc. :glare:

Over the past several years, she's completed MUS's Epsilon (fractions), Zeta (decimals and percentiles) and Pre-Algebra, and did quite well in all three; 85 - 90 %.

Well, because I could no longer help her in math :lol:, last year I switched her over to Teaching Textbook's (TT) Algebra I. At first, she did well, but as it got progressively more difficult, she struggled. I called TT and at their recommendation, we slowed her down and she did one lesson over two days. She did okay, but not great.

All that to say that in her standardized testing, she scored poorly in fractions and decimals, below average, and quite average in Algebra. She did not answer many of the questions, so that affected her score. Her overal math "score" put her at a 9.8 grade level which is not terrible, but I know she's capable of better than that. (She's off the charts in language arts, thankfully.)

She's on lesson 83 of the TT Algebra I... I wonder if I should just continue with it, or if I should look into a (hopefully inexpensive!) program that will review the fractions, decimals and percentiles and supplement it with the Algebra. Your thoughts, folks? :confused:

If you've read this far, thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Blessings,
King's Kid (who is a bit apprehensive about homeschooling high school)

[Sharon in MD]

What about something like the Keys to .... series? I have not used them myself, but have heard good things about them for this sort of refresher type of work. You can get them from Rainbow....here is a link
http://rainbowresource.com/product/Key+to+Fractions+Complete+Set+Workbooks+%2B+Keys/FRACMP/1218823398-1498796

[forty-two]

You definitely should have your dd review fractions, etc. till she is proficient at them. To be successful at algebra, you really need to be solid on fractions. The National Mathematics Advisory Panel acknowledges this in their final report (http://kitchentablemath.blogspot.com/2008/03/in-fraction-fix.html):
Difficulty with the learning of fractions is pervasive and is an obstacle to further progress in mathematics and other domains dependent on mathematics, including algebra. (emphasis mine)One of the comments on the post I linked to says it well:
As one of my college professors once told me: When a student is having trouble with calculus, they're really having trouble with algebra. And when a student is having trouble with algebra, they're really having trouble with arithmetic, usually fractions.The blog I linked to, Kitchen Table Math, the sequel (http://kitchentablemath.blogspot.com/), has lots of good posts & comments about fractions (http://kitchentablemath.blogspot.com/search/label/fractions) and ways to understand and teach them.

[King's Kid]

Thank you; I think I'll order them. :)

[King's Kid]

Thanks for the info! :)