Correct Answer - Option 3 : ask the student to use an alternative method or redo it to find out errors on his/her own
An error can be understood as the difference between the computed and correct answers. Errors may be due to mistakes, false negatives, lack of knowledge, and misconceptions among students.
As a teacher, you should do-
- The process of discussing in the class which gives the students an opportunity to discover their sources of error and then proceed to correct misunderstandings of facts, concepts, mathematical principles as well as errors in computations, etc.
- Ask students to use an alternative method or redo it to find out errors on his/her own.
- A common practice is that students will justify the answer only when the teachers ask them to do so due to mistake or error.
- What is required is to build the process of justification as a habitual one in our students. The process of justification will help them to explain why their answer is correct and convince peers and teachers.
- always teach alternatives so that student can follow divergently thinking
Thus from the above-mentioned points, it is clear that if a student makes errors in Mathematics. As a teacher, you would ask the student to use an alternative method or redo it to find out errors on his/her own.
Innovative Remedial Measures are adopted according to the type of errors committed by the students in their Formative Assessments. For example-
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For computational errors:- drill work is practiced.
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For careless errors:- common misconceptions are listed out from the past experience so that students recall them while solving questions.
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For incorrect formulae error: handouts with correct formulae & figures are provided and wherever possible explained through activities
- Suitable innovative and interesting activities are carried out in the classroom
