Creating a Taxonomy of Mathematical Errors for Undergraduate Mathematics

Shauna Ford, Jonathan Gillard, Mathew Pugh

Abstract


In this paper we develop a taxonomy of errors which undergraduate mathematics students may make when tackling mathematical problems. We believe that a taxonomy would be useful for staff in giving feedback to students, and would facilitate students’ higher-level understanding of the types of errors that they could make.


Keywords


assessment; feedback; errors

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21100/msor.v18i1.948

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