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Any students in coding courses found mistakes? - cjjmt


Posted: May 21, 2012

I am almost done with a course that was put together by the credentialing organization.  Now that I am almost done, I have gathered my notes on the course inconsistencies and incorrect answers to submit my comments to them so this doesn't happen to the next student.  I would like to hear the coders' and students' thoughts on this. Doesn't someone take the entire course and fix/correct BEFORE it is offered as a course? 

Errors - Anonymous

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There were errors in my coding course too, I'd rather not say the name of the school. I didn't wait until I was finished though; whenever I found an error, I documented it and sent it off immediately, as did others in the program. Sometimes it was necessary in order to get clarification on a coding problem. Many times the errors can't be corrected until the next version of the course is issued/published. If it's important enough, students can be notified by e-mail or through the program's web site.

Oh, that's it, thought I was losing my mind! - cjjmt

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Oh, I feel so much better!  I have found at least a dozen major mistakes and emailed them  as soon as I came across them.  It would be helpful if they gave us a list of errata ------ before we start the chapter.....now at (almost) the end of the course, I'm stressing more about it. Thanks for your reply. I'll see if can find info on the website about corrections.

Why there are errors - sm

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All educational material contains errors. It is much more difficult to eliminate them than you would think. Most educators and their staffs do not have the proofreading skills that MTs have.

It is fine to report errors that truly hamper your learning. Errors on tests are in that category. Typos and misspellings or formatting issues are things that you can overlook.

I agree, but - cjjmt

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I agree with you on typos; I didn't point them out; stint, etracannabinoid, calces, osteomeatal complex.  I was emailing in corrections about


Qualitative vs quantitative, for example, which were incorrect in reading material vs CPT book; that's a major mistake.


I pointed them out because, as you say, "It is fine to report errors that truly hamper your learning."  They were......



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