Teaching mathematics
2.3 Teaching to address common misconceptions
In a topic such as this, there are many common misconceptions. It is important not to avoid these issues but instead to build opportunities to discuss these misunderstandings as part of your teaching. Through identifying mistakes and discussing why answers are incorrect, learners will develop both their proportional reasoning and their problem-solving skills.
OpenLearn - Teaching mathematics
Except for third party materials and otherwise, this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence, full copyright detail can be found in the acknowledgements section. Please see full copyright statement for details.