Error Correction

Students make mistakes, even during carefully planned lessons using well-designed instructional materials. They answer incorrectly, give incomplete answers, or do not respond at all. The importance of providing feedback when students make errors is really important in their learning process; for that reason, we need to correct them in order to help them.

What to do when students make mistakes?

We can do a lot of things in order to correct error. For example:

1.       Facial Expressions: If you are a teacher, you should use this technique because is helpful. When you listen to a mistake, you use a facial expression in order to show that you do not agree with the answer or sentence. Student will notice and will change the answer.

P1. Facial Expressions.

2.       Body Language: In this case, when you listen to a mistake, you can use your body in order to show that the answer is not correct. For example, you can use a “gun”. I consider that this technique is useful for children.

P2. Body Language.

3.       Let students correct themselves: Sometimes, some students make a mistake but their partners know the correct answer. A good option is that you can let someone that could correct to the other student.

P3. Students.

    As a conclusion, I consider that mistakes are natural in students because in that moment they can realize what they are doing in a wrong way. For that reason, we should help them in order that they can do it better.