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Gordon, Sheldon P. – Mathematics and Computer Education, 2011
In both baseball and mathematics education, the conventional wisdom is to avoid errors at all costs. That advice might be on target in baseball, but in mathematics, it is not always the best strategy. Sometimes an analysis of errors provides much deeper insights into mathematical ideas and, rather than something to eschew, certain types of errors…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Calculus, Error Patterns, Mathematical Concepts