Error Analysis

I believe that the error analysis activities were the most beneficial thing we have done in this class. Prior to taking this course, I would have checked the answers to see if they were either right or wrong. It had never occurred to me that there are patterns in the errors that are made. I never realized how much I could learn about students in my class just by analyzing the errors they made and determining where they did not understand the concept. It is important for teachers to spend time and consider the educational needs of each student. I also learned that I am able to make notes on different concepts that I may need to spend more time on the following year.

I thought it was beneficial to me, as a future educator to know different strategies for solving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems so that I am able to instruct students with various techniques depending on their knowledge and competency with each mathematical skill. Before the error analysis activity, I hadn't really realized how often students can trip up on multiplication problems that I find to be pretty simple.