Error Reflection

     Throughout this course we have talked a lot about how making math more inquiry based we can learn more about what students know because the responses we expect leave room for more explanation. In fact, explanation is encouraged and essential in most if not all inquiry based assignments. We have talked about how we know what students are grasping by looking at their correct answers and explanations. However, after completing the NAEP assignment and the reteach assignment based on the 14 error problems I think that there is more to be learned about individual student knowledge based on what they are doing wrong. If a student grasps a concept and can maneuver their way through it that is great. When they can't, if we have them explain their reasoning we can better understand exactly where they are going wrong. We can better understand how they are processing what we are telling them. This gives us a starting point as to how we can begin to explain things in a way that each student will better understand. I think that the error analysis is more beneficial and useful to us and in the end to the students as well.