Going through and revising and reviewing the math errors blog was, in my opinion, the most beneficial activity of the semester. It gave us one of our only opportunities to witness and work with actual student work. By observing the errors that many students committed in the classroom, we were able to see not only where the students went wrong (while observing patterns that could be observed in the classroom), we also learned multiple ways in which to curb these math behaviors and help the students correct their individual errors.
Another large part of the errors process was learning new ways in which to teach students the mathematical concepts that they obviously struggled with. I found this portion to be just as beneficial, as these are strategies and technology resources that I otherwise would not have been aware of. Many students learn in many different ways, and therefore it is important to be able to teach the same concept in various ways to make up for this.
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