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How might a teacher correct the student's error?

One method is to come up with a creative way for the student to remember the correct way to add two
numbers. In order to add two numbers, the student needs to start by adding the numbers in the right
column, so the teacher could say “starting with the left column is wrong, and starting with the right column
is right! Remember: right is right!”

That way, the student would only have to remember the phrase “right is right!” when trying to add
numbers with multiple digits, and thus be more likely to start by adding the numbers in the “right” column,
which is the “right” way to do it.

Make It Relevant

Point out some of the practical uses of new math skills and knowledge by linking them to other subject
matter, to careers, and to personal situations. This makes math more important and students will want to
learn more when you can show them the power of mathematics and logic in their everyday lives.

Not only is it important for a teacher to be able to successfully teach mathematics to his/her students, but
it is also important for a teacher to encourage students to be interested in mathematics and realize its
importance and usefulness.

Recommended Reading

Cartoon Guide To Statistics, The. (Larry Gonick and Woollcott Smith): HarperCollins, 1994.

How to Lie with Statistics . (Darrell Huff): W.W. Norton and Company, 1993.

Mathematical and Analogical Reasoning of Young Learners . (Lyn English): Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates, 2004.

Problem Solving Through Recreational Mathematics . (Bonnie Averbach and Orin Chein): Dover
Publications, 2000.

Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics. (Neil J. Salkind): SAGE Publications, 2000.