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Practice architecture·Medium cognitive demand·20–40 minutes

Error Clinic

Diagnose representative errors, identify the decision that produced them and rehearse a corrective routine.

Knowledge
Procedural · Metacognitive · Conceptual
Sequence
Deliberate Practice · Retrieval And Consolidation
Interaction
Medium

Diagnose representative errors, identify the decision that produced them and rehearse a corrective routine. Error Clinic is selected when its reasoning mechanism matches an accepted learning requirement and produces evidence a teacher can inspect.

01How the architecture unfolds

  1. Present an authentic near-miss anonymously.
  2. Locate the first consequential error.
  3. Infer the mistaken decision or model.
  4. Apply a targeted correction routine.
  5. Test the repair on a parallel case.

02The work on each side

Teacher moves

  • Keep the target reasoning visible
  • Press for evidence at consequential decisions
  • Use the final product to diagnose the next move

Student moves

  • Notice
  • Construct
  • Test
  • Revise
  • Justify

03What would count as learning?

  • Students explain the cause of an error
  • The correction transfers to a parallel task

04Across the curriculum

Mathematics

Algebraic manipulation

Error Clinic applies its sequence to Algebraic manipulation so the disciplinary reasoning remains visible.

History

Unsupported historical claims

Error Clinic applies its sequence to Unsupported historical claims so the disciplinary reasoning remains visible.