The Webinar on Math Errors That Aren’t Mistakes took place on Thursday, June 2nd, 2022 from 4 pm until 5 pm with Dr. Eduardo Mancera, Vice President of the Interamerican Committee on Math Education (CIAEM), as our invited speaker. This virtual event was free and open to the general public.
The invited speaker started the virtual event by explaining what is considered a math error. Dr. Eduardo Mancera then showed many examples of math errors that aren’t really mistakes but special cases in which a particular relation is satisfied. The speaker also highlighted that by analyzing an error, one can reach really interesting mathematical results. This virtual event was co-organized with the Mexican Association of Educational Mathematics (AMME).
