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By Deb Russell, About.com Guide to Mathematics

Learning From Previous Mistakes

Sunday June 4, 2006
Math is Fun!Knowing whether you got the test questions right or wrong is only the first step. Knowing 'why' you didn't get them right is where the learning begins. What type of errors did you make? Mechanical? Application? Knowledge based? Incomplete? When you start to analyze your patterns of errors, you move forward to greater understanding.

Think Like a Mathematician and learn from your mistakes! After all, success is often failure inside out.

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