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Download full textRebecca Burtenshaw; Merrilyn Goos – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2024
This position paper examines the phenomenon of the McNamara Fallacy to analyse flawed conceptions of "success" in mathematics learning, normalised assessment structures and their implications for mathematics education. The established presence of the McNamara Fallacy and the ramifications of this statistical fallacy provide a foundation…
Descriptors: Criticism, Misconceptions, Mathematics Education, Success
