Analysis of Errors Made by 717 Collge Students in Arithmetic

• Main Author: Barnes, O.D.
• Format: Others
• Published: TopSCHOLAR® 1935
• Subjects: Education; Mathematics
• Online Access: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/990; http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1993&context=theses

During the greater part of the elementary-school training of the average American child he receives a large amount of instruction and drill in arithmetic. In the high school he suddenly drops arithmetic except as he maintains practices in courses of science or high school mathematics and except as the transactions of every day life involve arithmetic. In college the individual may suddenly find that the amount of arithmetical knowledge required is not small as in physics, chemistry or certain commercial courses. Evidence exists to indicate that students doing poor work in these courses are often found deficient in arithmetic.