Investigating Errors of Beginning Mathematicians.

Watson, Ivan

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Publication Date: 1980-Aug

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Investigating Errors of Beginning Mathematicians.

Watson, Ivan

Educational Studies in Mathematics, v11 n3 p319-29 Aug 1980

Diagnostic interviews were conducted with third graders to determine why they made mistakes on sixteen arithmetical tasks. A modified version of the Newman method of analyzing errors is discussed and applied to these interviews. (MP)

Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Development, Computation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Error Patterns, Evaluation Methods, Grade 3, Interviews, Learning Problems, Mathematics Education, Teaching Methods

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