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Error description examples: Misapplication of a Rule, Incorrect Assumption, Failure to Follow Instructions, Lack of Understanding, etc.
Error Description
(What kind of error is this?)
Example of Error
(demonstrate the
error; use a diagram/drawing if needed)
Context where error occurs
(When do you make this error?)
Reason for error
(Why do you make this error?)
Correct Procedure
(correction of example shown above)
How I will avoid making
this error in the future
Error Description
(What kind of error is this?)
Example of Error
(demonstrate the
error; use a diagram/drawing if needed)
Context where error occurs
(When do you make this error?)
Reason for error
(Why do you make this error?)
Correct Procedure
(correction of example shown above)
How I will avoid making
this error in the future
OOPS!
Addressing &
Avoiding Errors
The cat ate it’s food.
I make this error each
time I use the possessive
form of “it”.
I don’t distinguish
between “it” possessive
(belonging to) and the
contraction of “it is”
The cat ate its food.
ANY time I write “its”
I will think, “Use an
apostrophe ONLY if I
mean IT IS.”
Using an apostrophe for
the possessive of “it”
Misapplication of a Rule
.
×
.
The decimal point is
in the wrong position
in the answer. I
should have counted
4 places from the
right-most digit.
Not placing the decimal
correctly in the answer
to a decimal calculation.
Calculation Error
I tend to make this error
when there is a leading or
ending zero in ANY of the
numbers (factors OR their
product).
I do not carefully count
the decimal places in the
factors so that I can
place it correctly in their
product.
I’ll review my work, counting decimal
places in problems, writing down
that number. Then I’ll draw arrows
showing the decimal moving, place
by place, for EVERY problem until
carefully counting places becomes
a habit.
.
×
.
4 places