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Direct linkJane M. Watson; Zalman Usiskin – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2025
A newspaper article about the availability of guns in Chicago, presented at a mathematics education conference in that city in 1998, is linked to a tragic shooting near that city in 2022. The article was used in Australia for many years in research with teachers and students to assess statistical literacy in relation to sampling, until ethics…
Descriptors: News Reporting, Weapons, Mathematics Education, Conferences (Gatherings)
Peer reviewedWatson, Jane M. – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1988
Presents a selection of solutions of the "Three Hungry Men" problem from grade three to college students with three different strategies used: backward, forward, and forward/backward strategies. Provides error patterns in each strategy. Discusses some implications for teaching of problem solving. (YP)
Descriptors: Algebra, College Mathematics, Elementary School Mathematics, Error Patterns
Peer reviewedNesher, Pearla – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1987
Advances the idea that performance errors should contribute positively to the process of learning. Argues that errors do not occur randomly and that instructional theory should not condemn errors, but seek them. (PK)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Theories, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education
