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Publication Date: 1983-May
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Determining the Sources of Error in a Translation from Sentence to Equation.
Wollman, Warren
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v14 n3 p169-81 May 1983
Reasons for college students making reversal errors translating a sentence to an equation were explored in six studies. The principal sources were haste, failure to check, failure to base the equation on the sentence meaning, and use of nonalgebraic symbols. Students could successfully check when prompted. (MNS)
Descriptors: Algebra, College Mathematics, College Students, Error Patterns, Mathematics Instruction
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Language: English
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