Are Any Errors Careless?.

Cumming, J. Joy; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ500224

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Publication Date: 1994

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Are Any Errors Careless?

Cumming, J. Joy; And Others

Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, v16 n4 p21-30 Fall 1994

Tests of (n=107) third through sixth graders' basic addition facts found that 34% of errors involved the addition of zero and 83% of the remaining errors involved at least one of the digits 7, 8, or 9 when the other addend was 4 or more. (20 references) (MKR)

Descriptors: Addition, Arithmetic, Computation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Error Patterns, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Tests

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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