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Rohrer, Doug – Online Submission, 2012
When students encounter a set of concepts (or terms or principles) that are similar in some way, they often confuse one with another. For instance, they might mistake one word for another word with a similar spelling (e.g., allusion instead of illusion) or choose the wrong strategy for a mathematics problem because it resembles a different kind of…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Learning Strategies, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction