This article focuses on the discourse on the classification of students’ errors and mistakes in linear Algebra. It points to the significance of understanding of student learning difficulties and errors as part of human nature and as a drive to improve student learning and at the same time as crucial for the enhancement of the overall learning process. Identifying mistakes helps the teacher to find out the gaps in students’ knowledge and skills, to classify them, and to determine the proper recovery strategies. It also helps the teacher to tailor teaching taking into account students’ individual needs, their interests and abilities. The paper points to the importance of setting teaching objectives based on the individual learning needs of students and personalizing teaching and learning to ensure full engagement of students in the learning process. The purpose of identifying and classifying students errors is not to put the blame on students but to minimize and analyse the causes that lead to the students errors.
Keywords: difficulty, linear algebra, individualized learning, recovery strategies.
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