Silly mistakes
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Re: Silly mistakes
Perseverance or a big pointy stick
It drove me potty when DS came up with ridiculous answers that can't possibly be right and then claimed to have checked!! But I think it afflicts lots of children (and adults - how many times have I failed to pick up silly typos in things I have written despite having re-read etc? Sometimes I wonder if some people's brains are wired to skim and miss things).
seriously, I agree with the replies about logic checking/estimating and also pointing out how many of the wrong answers were actually questions they knew. It will sink in eventually I am sure.
It drove me potty when DS came up with ridiculous answers that can't possibly be right and then claimed to have checked!! But I think it afflicts lots of children (and adults - how many times have I failed to pick up silly typos in things I have written despite having re-read etc? Sometimes I wonder if some people's brains are wired to skim and miss things).
seriously, I agree with the replies about logic checking/estimating and also pointing out how many of the wrong answers were actually questions they knew. It will sink in eventually I am sure.
