Error Factors: A Missing Link Between Cognitive Science and Classroom Practice?.

Pickthorne, Brian

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Publication Date: 1983-Jan

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Error Factors: A Missing Link Between Cognitive Science and Classroom Practice?

Pickthorne, Brian

Instructional Science, v11 n4 p281-312 Jan 1983

Provides overview of significant facets of Error Factors (EFs)--promoters of underlying confusion in learning--discussing main types of EFs, sources of EFs in learning contexts, factors influencing frequency of EFs, use of tests and exercises, and effects of EFs and their mistreatment. Forty-seven sources are listed. (EJS)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Learning Activities, Performance, Research Reports, Teachers

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Language: English

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