Mistakes are at the crux of daily classroom learning. This is the case even in the earliest grades. While the instructional value of mistakes is wellknown among educators, little research documents how young children experience mistakes in real-world school settings. In the present study, I conducted semi-structured interviews with 25 Kindergarten…

Errors in written multi-digit computation were investigated in children with math difficulties. Third- and fourth-grade children (n = 291) with coexisting math and reading difficulties, math difficulties, reading difficulties, or no learning difficulties were compared. A second analysis compared those with severe math learning difficulties, low…