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Shipman, Barbara A.; Shipman, Patrick D. – PRIMUS, 2013
We study situations in introductory analysis in which students affirmed false statements as true, despite simple counterexamples that they easily recognized afterwards. The study draws attention to how simple counterexamples can become hidden in plain sight, even in an active learning atmosphere where students proposed simple (as well as more…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Undergraduate Study, Mathematics Instruction, Misconceptions