Error Analysis
Case Study Assignment Instructions
Overview
Candidates will explore
strategies that address common misconceptions and errors. A necessary skill for
any teacher to develop is to identify misunderstandings that students have
about concepts and then create a defined plan to tackle students’
misconceptions and gaps.
Instructions
You will
write a current APA-formatted report responding to one of
the prompts for a case study as listed below. Your paper must be at least 1,000
words.
Review
the information in the Explore: IRIS
Center: Mathematics: Identifying and Addressing Student Errors item from
the Learn section of Module 2: Week 2. Choose
one of the student cases presented and write a report answering the applicable prompts
below.
Case
Study Level A, Case 1 – Dalton (p. 18)
Student:
Dalton
· Read Dalton’s scenario.
· Read the possible strategies and resources (STAR Sheets pp.
1-17) listed for Identifying and Addressing Student Errors.
o
What type(s) of errors is evident
o
How might you determine the reason students make this kind
of error and what are some other examples of these types of errors?
o
What strategies might you employ while addressing these
error patterns?
· Write a detailed summary of each strategy, including its
purpose.
· Describe why each strategy might be used
to help Dalton improve.
Case
Study Level A, Case 2 – Madison (p. 20)
Student:
Madison
· Read Madison’s scenario.
· Read the possible strategies and resources (STAR Sheets pp.
1-17) listed for Identifying and Addressing Student Errors.
o
What type(s) of errors is evident
o
How might you determine the reason students make this kind
of error and what are some other examples of these types of errors?
o
What strategies might you employ while addressing these
error patterns?
· Write a detailed summary of each strategy, including its
purpose.
· Describe why each strategy might be used
to help Madison improve.
Case
Study Level B, Case 2 – Elias (p. 24)
Student:
Elias
· Read Elias’s scenario.
· Read the possible strategies and resources (STAR Sheets pp.
1-17) listed for Identifying and Addressing Student Errors.
o
What type(s) of errors is evident
o
How might you determine the reason students make this kind
of error and what are some other examples of these types of errors?
o
What strategies might you employ while addressing these
error patterns?
· Write a detailed summary of each strategy, including its purpose.
· Describe why each strategy might be used
to help Elias improve.
Case
Study Level C, Case 1 – Wyatt (p. 26)
Student:
Wyatt
· Read Wyatt’s scenario.
· Read the possible strategies and resources (STAR Sheets pp.
13-29) listed for Identifying and Addressing Student Errors.
o
What type(s) of errors is evident
o
How might you determine the reason students make this kind
of error and what are some other examples of these types of errors?
o
What strategies might you employ while addressing these
error patterns?
· Write a detailed summary of each strategy, including its
purpose.
· Describe why each strategy might be used
to help Wyatt improve.
The length of the assignment should be at least 1,000 words
(not including the title or references pages).
Make sure to review the Error Analysis Case Study Grading Rubric
to ensure that all assignment components as listed above are met. This assignment requires at least one citation; you must at
minimum cite the study on which this assignment is based. You may also use
other scholarly resources. You are required to format your assignment in current
APA format that includes a title page, a header on every page, and a references
page with current APA formatted references. An abstract is not required for
this assignment.
Please
refer to the current edition APA templates and samples located at the Online
Writing Center. You can access the Online Writing Center by clicking on the Writing Style Guides link under Error
Analysis Case Study Resources.
USE THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT:
https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/pdf_case_studies/ics_matherr.pdf
https://www.liberty.edu/online/casas/writing-center/writing-style-guides/
