I got this wrong. What did I misunderstand?

The wrong idea that produced your wrong answer, named, fixed and tested with two new problems.


When to use
When you’ve seen the correct answer and still don’t know why yours wasn’t it.
Time
10 min
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I got something wrong while learning , and I want to understand the mistake, not only see the right answer. The question or task was: . What I did: . Don’t correct it yet. First tell me what you think I was thinking, name the misunderstanding behind it in one sentence, and ask whether you’ve read me right. Wait for my reply. Then explain the idea I was missing, show where my reasoning first went off course, and give me two new problems that would catch the same misunderstanding if I still have it. Don’t solve those for me. If my answer could be defended, the question is ambiguous, or you’re not sure of the right answer yourself, say so.

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