Error Analysis
Name: _____________________________
Course:_____________________________ Assessment:_________________________
For each problem on which you made one or more mistakes, fill out the following. On the bottom of this page, write the
problem as you solved it, and the problem as you should have solved it.
___Problem Number
___I misread the question.
___I misread my own handwriting (a copy error).
___Presentation error (Unreduced? Wrong number of decimal places? Etc.)
___Bald answer (no work shown where work was expected.)
___Didn’t have time to finish the test (or problem).
___Didn’t reread and answer (the final) question.
___Bad arithmetic (+ - x /) on a calculator inactive section.
___Bad arithmetic (+ - x /) on a calculator active section.
___Conceptual error. (An error on a skill we covered in that unit. Explain error below.)
___Algebra II error. (An algebraic error on a skill we covered in a previous unit. Explain error below.)
___Algebra I error. (An algebraic error on a skill that was learned before this class. Explain error below.)
___I chose an approach we had not discussed in class, and performed the approach incorrectly.
___I simply didn’t know how to do the problem.
___Other (Explain)
Give an example (which test, which question?) in which you performed this skill accurately:___________
________ Problem Number ________ Problem Number
How I solved it. How I should have solved it.
Error Analysis
Name: _____________________________
Course:_____________________________ Assessment:_________________________
For each problem on which you made one or more mistakes, fill out the following. On the bottom of this page, write the
problem as you solved it, and the problem as you should have solved it.
___Problem Number
___I misread the question.
___I misread my own handwriting (a copy error).
___Presentation error (Unreduced? Wrong number of decimal places? Etc.)
___Bald answer (no work shown where work was expected.)
___Didn’t have time to finish the test (or problem).
___Didn’t reread and answer (the final) question.
___Bad arithmetic (+ - x /) on a calculator inactive section.
___Bad arithmetic (+ - x /) on a calculator active section.
___Conceptual error. (An error on a skill we covered in that unit. Explain error below.)
___Algebra II error. (An algebraic error on a skill we covered in a previous unit. Explain error below.)
___Algebra I error. (An algebraic error on a skill that was learned before this class. Explain error below.)
___I chose an approach we had not discussed in class, and performed the approach incorrectly.
___I simply didn’t know how to do the problem.
___Other (Explain)
Give an example (which test, which question?) in which you performed this skill accurately:___________
________ Problem Number ________ Problem Number
How I solved it. How I should have solved it.
