Examining Mistakes to Shift Student Thinking

During a lesson on ratios involving percentages of paint, four research-based criteria are used to evaluate students' mistakes. The takeaway is that painting all mistakes with the same brush can also be a blunder.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Mathematics teaching in the middle school 2018-04, Vol.23 (6), p.324-332
Hauptverfasser:	Willingham, James C, Strayer, Jeremy F, Barlow, Angela T, Lischka, Alyson E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	College instruction Concept Formation Criteria Critical thinking Discussion (Teaching Technique) Error Correction Error Patterns Errors FEATURES High schools Inspection Mathematical analysis Mathematical Concepts Mathematical knowledge Mathematical problems Mathematics curricula Mathematics education Mathematics Instruction Mathematics teachers Middle School Students Middle School Teachers Middle schools Misconceptions Paints Planning Secondary school mathematics Student Attitudes Students Teachers Teaching Methods
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Zusammenfassung:	During a lesson on ratios involving percentages of paint, four research-based criteria are used to evaluate students' mistakes. The takeaway is that painting all mistakes with the same brush can also be a blunder.
ISSN:	1072-0839 2328-5486
DOI:	10.5951/mathteacmiddscho.23.6.0324