Practices and Beliefs in Mistake-Handling Activities

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Although psychological theories assign to mistakes a fundamental role in the learning process and suggest ways to deal with them, only few studies have analyzed ways teacher-student interactions surrounding mistakes occur in actual classroom settings. This study focuses on such analysis and examines also the cultural factors that inform teacher mistake-handling.

Santagata, R. (in press) Practices and beliefs in mistake-handling activities: A video study of Italian and U.S. mathematics lessons. Teaching and Teacher Education.

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