Episode 83 - Inspection-Worthy Mistakes

Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to Episode 83.  Today we are looking at Inspection-Worthy Mistakes. When I was in school, math mistakes were met with a big ‘ol red mark and nothing more.  Did I learn anything from those red marks?  I learned it was a wrong answer.  But wrong answers can be a great jumping off point to help students learn so much more than that. However, you don’t want to stop & do a whole group discussion every time you see a student with a wrong answer, so when should you?  In this week’s podcast, I’m sharing a few ideas from the article Inspection-Worthy Mistakes by Angela T. Barlow, et al. Get links over at buildmathminds.com/83