5 ways to make simplifying expressions make sense

Student mistakes are important.  It’s important to know what mistakes students make and why they make those mistakes. For example, last time, we looked at  why simplifying expressions isn’t so simple for students and why they tend to make mistakes like 2a +5b=7ab. When we can anticipate what mistakes students commonly make and why they make them, …

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