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An Exploration of the Application of Error Analysis in High School Mathematics Review Lessons

Author(s)

Wenchao Wang

Affiliation(s)

Dalian Wengu Senior High School, Liaoning, China

Abstract

High school math review lessons are supposed to help students spot learning gaps, consolidate what they know, and get better at problem-solving. But in many real classrooms, they don't work out that way. Teachers often explain problems in a general manner, without digging into why students actually made mistakes. Students stay passive, and there's rarely any meaningful follow-up after class. As a result, review lessons fail to achieve what they're meant to. Based on my own teaching experience, this paper looks at how error analysis can improve review lessons. The approach includes figuring out the real causes of mistakes, designing review sessions around typical errors, using variant exercises, and setting up a complete feedback loop. In practice, this makes review lessons far more targeted. Students become more reflective, think more rigorously, and get better at transferring what they've learned to new problems.

Keywords

High School Mathematics; Error Analysis; Review Lessons; Teaching

References

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