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Barlow, Angela T.; Watson, Lucy A.; Tessema, Amdeberhan A.; Lischka, Alyson E.; Strayer, Jeremy F. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2018
The inspection of mistakes can play a powerful role in an individual's learning process (Boaler 2015). The purpose of this article is to support the reader in selecting mistakes that can be leveraged to benefit the learning of all students. Specifically, the authors focus on "which" and "why": "which" mistakes to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Error Correction, Learning Processes
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Begolli, Kreshnik Nasi; Richland, Lindsey Engle – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
Comparing multiple solutions to a single problem is an important mode for developing flexible mathematical thinking, yet instructionally leading this activity is challenging (Stein, Engle, Smith, & Hughes, 2008). We test 1 decision teachers must make after having students solve a problem: whether to only verbally discuss students' solutions or…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Decision Making, Problem Solving