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Direct linkGordon, Sheldon P. – Mathematics Teacher, 2011
In mathematics, as in baseball, the conventional wisdom is to avoid errors at all costs. That advice might be on target in baseball, but in mathematics, avoiding errors is not always a good idea. Sometimes an analysis of errors provides much deeper insights into mathematical ideas. Certain types of errors, rather than something to be eschewed, can…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, Graphs
