What other mistakes would you expect to see from this problem? How do you teach so as to help students avoid these pitfalls?
Thanks to Tina Cardone for the submission.
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Baseball Fields and Geometry
What made this question hard for the student? How come they got it wrong? Why did the student get it wrong in this particular way?
Today’s submission comes from Tina Cardone, who blogs at Drawing On Math.
Hexagons!
Define “Hexagon”:
What does this student know about hexagons? What does the student think he knows, but doesn’t? What does the mistake reveal about his thinking, and what would you do to help?