Error Patterns in Computation - Robert Ashlock

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Résumé :
This is the only supplemental text of its kind that guides teachers to identify children's common mathematical error patterns and to gain insight regarding why a child may have adopted an incorrect mathematics procedure. Revised to link content to the new NCTM Standards, the tenth edition emphasizes the meaning of operations and appropriate methods of computation. As in previous editions, the book retains its focus on placing paper and pencil instructional activities within the context of problem solving. NEW! Places emphasis on diagnosis as a part of formative assessment. Teachers can use varied approaches to diagnosis before instruction and also as they intervene during instruction. Open-ended assessment and problem writing are two procedures illustrated.

Biographie:
Robert Ashlock began his career in 1957 as a fourth and fifth grade teacher with a bachelor's degree in elementary education. He later received a master's degree in elementary school administration from Butler University and a doctorate in elementary education from Indiana University. He became a graduate assistant and teaching associate at Indiana University in 1964 and went on to teach at several institutions including the University of Maryland, Reformed Theological Seminary, Belhaven College, and finally, Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. Ashlock came to Covenant in 1988 to fill the need for a specialist in elementary education who could also teach on the graduate level. He directed the Master of Education Program, taught both undergraduate and graduate education courses, and coordinated the process necessary for the teacher education program to be approved by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission. He is one of only two professors ever to receive the title Professor Emeritus at Covenant. He is known throughout the education community for his book, Error Patterns in Computation: Using Error Patterns to Improve Instruction, which is currently in its tenth edition. Although retired, Ashlock continues to teach a few classes.