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Peer reviewedHennessy, Sara – Learning and Instruction, 1993
This article describes an empirical investigation of the extent to which incorrect arithmetic algorithms persist over time. Results with 30 fourth-year and third-year English students over up to 3 months shed light on "bugs," or students' learning of incorrect concepts, and indicate that they are not very stable in children of this age.…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Arithmetic, Concept Formation, Elementary Education
