Math Problem Solving


Analyzing Faulty Work

Group Discussion

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Analyzing erroneous student work can improve your own understanding and ability to explain the steps for solving an equation.

For this group discussion, you will review the provided faulty solutions and hypothetical student work within your group. The seven questions address the learning objectives from Modules 1 and 2. Each group member should analyze a different question, so be sure to communicate in your group who is taking which question.

The document is hand-written, similar to the Show Work documents you are required to submit in Modules 5 and 9. If a screen-reader-accessible document is required, please refer to the following Module 2 Student Show Work Typed document.

Analyze the work to determine:

  1. What error(s) did the student include?
  2. Why the student may have made each error.
  3. If the student provided the corrected work.