Error Analysis Reflection

Our work with decoding student work and deciphering what errors they were making in their work was a surprisingly difficult yet constructive task. Sometimes it was very challenging to figure out what mistake the student was making or the misconception they had, so it was good practice for us future teachers to analyze the various student work. However, that is only the first step. Next we will need to know what we can do to help the student to correct these errors and understand the topic. In class, we discussed how to accomplish this which I thought was a very beneficial conversation, It got me thinking about how in mathematics it is important for the teacher to allow room for multiple ways of solving a problem so that each student has a method in which the information clicks and so that they can be successful.