New answers tagged students-mistakes
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What to do with "wild goose chase" or "quantum leap"-types of incorrect solutions when you ask students to prove/show something?
The answer to "what to do?" is to discourage it as much as you can, arguing from the position of authority, if normal explanations of why it doesn't work fail (but certainly you should try ...
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What to do with "wild goose chase" or "quantum leap"-types of incorrect solutions when you ask students to prove/show something?
It's quite likely to be a consequence of the belief that they have to answer the question. When they can't work it out, when they've gone around in circles and got lost, but still they have to give an ...
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What to do with "wild goose chase" or "quantum leap"-types of incorrect solutions when you ask students to prove/show something?
I think the easiest way to deal with behavior like this is to tweak the grading method to disincentivize it (and of course have a conversation with the class where you explain the behavior, why it's ...
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