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Sometimes Students' Errors Are Our Fault.

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Movshovitz-Hadar, Nitsa; And Others – Mathematics Teacher, 1987

A lesson in editing was learned from a study of errors made on a national mathematics test in Israel. Analysis indicated that the errors were often caused by careless printing of the test, misleading figures, poor designations, or ambiguous phrasing. (MNS)

Descriptors: Error Patterns, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary Education

Students' Distortions of Theorems.

Movshovitz-Hadar, N.; And Others – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1986

A collection of student distortions, represented by student-invented variations of theorems, are presented. They were drawn from examination papers of 17-year-old students in Israel. (MNS)

Descriptors: Algebra, Concept Formation, Educational Research, Error Patterns