Are there any generalities an elementary teacher can keep in mind while conducting group instruction in the use of the multiplication algorithm? Are there certain kinds of multiplication mistakes many children make and, therefore, of which teachers should be aware? Cox (1975) has investigated the errors made by children in addition and subtraction examples. He has proposed the foLlowing classification system for computational errors.
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