Quantcast
Channel: Math Mistakes » Creating Equations*
Browsing all 4 articles
Browse latest View live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Ways to make 60 cents

What’s the quickest way to help this student? Thanks to Triangleman for another excellent submission. (Also, did I get the categorization right on this one?)  

View Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Visual Patterns

Below are the same responses from every member of a class to the same question. What seem to be the most common issues? If you graded these quizzes on Sunday, what would Monday’s lesson plan look like?  

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

What feedback would you write for this quiz?

In a lot of ways, it’s much easier for me to come up with helpful feedback to give on rich, juicy problems (see here) than it is for your typical quiz or test. I find it much harder to think about how...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Recursive and Relational Thinking and the Feedback each Deserves

Take a moment  before reading on. How many squares would be in the 7th step of this pattern? In the 43rd? In the nth? Take another moment: what mistakes would you expect to see? — From looking closely...

View Article
Browsing all 4 articles
Browse latest View live


Latest Images