Concepedia

Novice mistakes: are the folk wisdoms correct?

Communications of the ACM · 1986 · 304 citations · 15 references

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Concepts

EducationEducational PsychologyPsychologyMistakeMisconception AnalysisMisconception DetectionExpert-novice Knowledge ComparisonLearning From MistakesMisconception IdentificationReasoning Error Analysis

Abstract

An evaluation of two folk wisdoms serves to elucidate the underlying or "deep-structure" reasons for novice errors.

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