To err is Human, To Explain and Correct is Divine: A Study of Interactive Erroneous Examples with Middle School Math Students.

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Authors

  • Bruce McLaren
  • Deanne Adams
  • Kelly Durkin
  • Giorgi Goguadze
  • Richard E. Mayer
  • Bethany Rittle-Johnson
  • Sergey Sosnovsky
  • Seiji Isotani
  • Martin van Velsen
Erroneous examples are an instructional technique that hold promise to help children learn. In the study reported in this paper, sixth and seventh grade math students were presented with erroneous examples of decimal problems and were asked to explain and correct those examples. The problems were presented as interactive exercises on the Internet, with feedback provided on correctness of the student explanations and corrections. A second (control) group of students were given problems to solve, also with feedback on correctness. With over 100 students per condition, an erroneous example effect was found: students who worked with the interactive erroneous examples did significantly better than the problem solving students on a delayed posttest. While this finding is highly encouraging, our ultimate research question is this: how can erroneous examples be adaptively presented to students, targeted at their most deeply held misconceptions, to best leverage their effectiveness? This paper discusses how the results of the present study will lead us to an adaptive version of the erroneous examples material.
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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication21st Century Learning for 21st Century Skills : 7th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2012, Saarbrücken, Germany, September 2012, Proceedings
EditorsAndrew Ravenscroft, Stefanie Lindstaedt, Carlos Delgado Kloos, Davinia Hernándex-Leo
Number of pages14
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Publication date2012
Pages222-235
ISBN (print)978-3-642-33262-3
ISBN (electronic)978-3-642-33263-0
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Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event7th European Conference for Technology-Enhanced Learning EC- TEL 2012 - Saarbrücken, Germany
Duration: 18.09.201221.09.2012
Conference number: 7
http://www.prolearn-academy.org/Events/ec-tel-2012-seventh-european-conference-on-technology-enhanced-learning

    Research areas

  • Mathematics - erroneous examples, interactive problem solving, adaption of problems, self-explanation, decimals, mathematics education

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