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Calegari, Jim – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1983

Helping students understand the round-off error is the focus. A computer program for Fibonacci numbers illustrates the point, which is then described mathematically. (MNS)

Descriptors: Algebra, Computer Programs, Error Patterns, Estimation (Mathematics)

Buggy.

Barclay, Tim – Mathematics Teaching, 1980

A computer program named BUGGY is described. The program is designed to duplicate "traditional" student mathematical mistakes; pupils are to identify the nature of the errors the computer makes. (MP)

Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Error Patterns